Author: Agencies
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: August 19, 2006
URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/story/10941.html
A suitcase filled with bomb-making material
has been found by British police officers investigating an alleged terrorist
plot to blow up US-bound passenger jets using liquid explosives.
The suitcase, containing chemicals and other
equipment for a home-made bomb, was found in woods in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire,
close to addresses at which the 23 suspects in the plot were arrested last
week.
A police source said the suitcase contained
everything that would be needed to make an explosive device. The suitcase
is now being examined by forensic scientists and explosive experts, The Times
daily reported.
Meanwhile, a British passenger plane described
as belonging to low-cost airline Excel has been diverted to the southern Italian
airport of Brindisi because of a bomb scare. The Boeing 767 had taken off
from Gatwick near London for Egypt.
