THE UK:The fast-moving investigation into the failed Glasgow and London car bomb attacks led to two men being released and a further two charged over the weekend.
Two trainee doctors, aged 25 and 28, arrested at the Royal Alexandra hospital, Paisley, in the early hours of July 2nd were released from Paddington Green police station without charge yesterday afternoon, Scotland Yard said.
The police had until yesterday to charge or release them or apply to a magistrate for further time for questioning. They have not been named. It is believed they come from the Middle East and worked in the medical profession.
At the same time, police were given until July 21st to continue questioning another suspect, Dr Mohammed Asha (26), who was arrested on the M6 in Cheshire on June 30th. His wife, who was arrested at the same time, was released last Thursday.
Today, Dr Sabeel Ahmed (26) will appear at City of Westminster magistrates court in London charged with withholding information that could prevent an act of terrorism. Dr Ahmed, from Bangalore, India, was arrested in the Lime Street area of Liverpool on June 30th. He worked at Halton hospital in Runcorn, Cheshire.
In Australia, Mohammed Haneef (27), an Indian doctor, was charged in Brisbane with providing support to a terrorist organisation by giving his mobile phone Sim card to his cousins Dr Sabeel and Dr Kafeel Ahmed when he moved to Australia in July 2006.
Dr Kafeel Ahmed is still in hospital in a critical condition after setting fire to himself when his Jeep Cherokee was rammed into the doors at Glasgow airport.