Bomb plot suspect held after stun-gun raid

A suspected would-be suicide bomber was captured in a dramatic armed raid by British police and MI5 today.

Bomb plot suspect held after stun-gun raid
Wed, 27 Jul, 2005 - 21:01

A suspected would-be suicide bomber was captured in a dramatic armed raid by British police and MI5 today.

A man detectives believe to be Yasin Hassan Omar, a 24-year-old Somalian, was felled with a Taser stun gun when officers stormed the safehouse where he was hiding in Birmingham.

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