Alleged July 21 terrorist set up bomb booby trap, court told

ONE of the alleged July 21, 2005 terrorists set up a booby-trapped bomb in a tower block of flats before venturing out to paralyse London’s transport network, a court heard yesterday.

Muktar Said Ibrahim was one of four men who tried to detonate rucksack devices around the capital two weeks after 52 people were killed on July 7, Woolwich Crown Court was told.

Mr Ibrahim — who had served time in jail and was a convicted sex offender, the jury was told — has always insisted his home-made devices were never meant to explode, just frighten people as a protest against the war in Iraq.