Police reveal bombing suspects
Police have revealed the faces of four men wanted for questioning in connection with the attempted suicide attacks in London yesterday.
It was unclear whether the man shot dead at 10am this morning by plain-clothes firearms officers was one of those pictured.
But at least three of the men were tonight still on the run as detectives feared they were bent on launching further attacks.
London was on a state of alert as there were security scares across the capital.
Police raided an address in West Kilburn which was believed to be connected to one of the men but no one was arrested. Two further addresses were also being searched.
One CCTV image showed a man on the top deck of the number 26 bus travelling from Waterloo to Hackney Wick on which a rucksack bomb was found yesterday.
The suspect was wearing a grey t-shirt with a palm tree design and a dark jacket with a white baseball cap.
He got off the bus at Hackney Road at approximately 1.06pm yesterday.
Scotland Yard assistant commissioner Andy Hayman warned members of the public not to approach the men under any circumstances.
He said: “These are four men we urgently want to trace in connection with attempts to detonate four explosive devices on the transport system in central London yesterday.
“It’s crucial that detectives are able to question them about yesterday’s events at the Oval, Shepherd’s Bush and Warren Street London Underground stations and a route 26 bus in Hackney Road."
He urged anyone who believed they knew the identities of the men or their whereabouts to call the UK's anti-terrorist hotline.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said the shooting of the man at Stockwell Tube station today was "directly linked" to anti-terror operations.
Mr Blair said his officers hunting the bombers were now facing “previously unknown threats and great danger”.
And he repeated his call for all sections of society to help in the fight against terror. “We need the understanding and co-operation of all the communities,” he said.
