Profile of the London bombers

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Profile of the London bombers
13/07/2005 14:23 - (SA)


London - Here are profiles of what has been reported about four young British men of Pakistani origin who travelled to London last Thursday morning, each carrying a rucksack packed with explosives, and blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus.

The police have yet to officially confirm media reports that the attacks, which left at least 52 people dead, were the work of suicide bombers, but home secretary Charles Clarke spoke of the influences that led "four young men to blow themselves and others up on the tube on a Thursday morning."

- SUSPECT BOMBER ONE: Shehzad Tanweer, aged 20 to 22, lived in Leeds, northern England, and is widely reported to have blown himself up on a subway train near Aldgate station, east London. The bombing left seven people dead.

Tanweer, who sometimes worked at his family's fish and chip shop in a suburb of Leeds, was a good student who played cricket for a local team, friends told the British press.


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http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Londonattacks/0,6119,2-10-1854_1736976,00.html

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1. Religious extremism in Pakistan

Religious extremism in Pakistan
By Bernard Gabony
South Asia editor, BBC News website



Some Islamic seminaries - madrassas - still breed extremists
The disclosure that UK police believe three of the London bombers were of Pakistani descent raises questions again about the rise of extremism within Pakistan.

Most analysts agree that the London bombers were probably trained by "minders" far more experienced in the use of explosives.

UK investigators will be keen to know if the London bombers had been trained at any time in Pakistan or neighbouring Afghanistan.


The family of one of the suspected bombers has confirmed that he studied religion in Pakistan, although it is not clear that he went to one of the Islamic schools which have been accused of fostering extremism.


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4679563.stm