Woman held in UK bomb plot released

London, July 13: British police said yesterday they had released without charge the only woman among the eight suspects held in the case of failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last month.

The woman was the wife of suspect Mohammed Asha, 26, arrested with him on June 30 while driving on a motorway in northern England, hours after attackers drove a jeep into an airport terminal building in Scotland and set it ablaze.

That attack followed the discovery of two car bombs near a crowded nightclub in London. Police think the two incidents were linked.

One suspect, Iraqi-trained doctor Bilal Abdulla, has been charged in the attacks. Four other suspects who have yet to be charged are being held by British police and a fifth is badly burned in hospital. Another suspect is being held by police in Australia.

Reuters

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