Egypt rejects chemist link to London bombings

Egypt said today that a detained chemist wanted by Britain for questioning over the London bombings had no links to the attacks nor to al-Qaida.

Government spokesman Magdy Rady was quoted by Egypt’s Middle East News agency as saying that a Cabinet meeting today reviewed an interior ministry report that “made clear that there is no link between Egyptian chemist Magdy al-Nashar and al-Qaida or the (London) bombings.”