Suspect charged over failed London bombings-police

LONDON (Reuters) – British police have charged one of four
men held over failed attempts to bomb the London transport
network with conspiracy to murder, a police spokeswoman said on
Saturday.

Yassin Hassan Omar, a 24-year-old Somali national who came
to Britain at the age of 11, is the first of the four prime
suspects named by police to be charged by British authorities
over the botched attacks on July 21.

The attacks came exactly two weeks after similar strikes by
suspected suicide bombers killed 52 passengers on three
underground trains and a bus.

Police arrested Omar in a dawn raid in the central English
city of Birmingham last month, using a stun gun to disable him
temporarily with an electric shock.

He faces four charges including conspiracy to murder,
attempted murder and accusations linked to possession of
explosives, police said. Each of the charges carries a maximum
sentence of life imprisonment.