July 7 bombings: three released

12 April 2012

Three people arrested in connection with the July 7 bombings have been released without charge, Scotland Yard has said.

Those released include Hasina Patel, 29, the widow of London bombings ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan.

A fourth man aged 34, Khalid Khaliq, remains in custody after police were granted a warrant to detain him for further questioning until May 21.

The two men released on Tuesday night are Hasina Patel's brother Arshad and Imran Motala.

The four were arrested in a series of anti-terror raids last Wednesday, during which properties in West Yorkshire and the West Midlands were searched. All four, held on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, were taken to the high-security Paddington Green police station in London for questioning.

Scotland Yard said in a statement: "Three people arrested on May 9 in connection with the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005 have been released without charge.

"A 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, both arrested in West Yorkshire, and a 22-year-old man, arrested in the West Midlands, were released from a central London police station this evening.

"In all operations some people may be released early without charge while others may remain in custody for further investigation. This is not unusual and is to be expected in large and complex criminal investigations. Officers were granted a warrant of further detention for a 34-year-old man, who was also arrested in West Yorkshire on May 9. This warrant expires on May 21."

The raids were led by the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism unit, with support from West Midlands and West Yorkshire police. Properties in Dewsbury, Batley, Beeston in south Leeds, and Birmingham were subject to forensic investigation.

London was thrown into chaos two years ago when four suicide bombers exploded devices in three packed rush-hour London Underground Tube trains and a crowded bus. The perpetrators - ringleader Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain - all died. Last month, three men - Mohammed Shakil, 30, Sadeer Saleem, 26, and Waheed Ali, 23, from Beeston, Leeds - became the first people to appear in court charged with conspiring with the four.

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