July 21 London bombing device 'went off by accident', weren't intended to harm

[Ian David]

Staff and agencies
Tuesday March 20, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

The alleged ringleader of the July 21 bomb plotters today said he detonated his rucksack-carried device on a London bus by accident.

Muktar Said Ibrahim told Woolwich crown court he had not planned to set off the hydrogen peroxide and chapatti flour explosive device on a number 26 bus in east London, and had been travelling home at the time.

Mr Ibrahim, of Stoke Newington, north London, is the first of six men accused of plotting to set off explosive devices on tube trains and a bus to give evidence.

According to the prosecution, the devices carried by Mr Ibrahim and his co-defendants failed to explode as planned, with only the detonators going off.

He insists the plan was for a series of mock suicide attacks, in which nobody would be injured, as a protest against the Iraq war.

More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2038601,00.html


See also:
Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr

Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr., a licensed commercial pilot, accidentally tried to bring a pipebomb onto a civilian commuter aircraft.

He was later released on $10,000 bail.

Dreyling's landlord, former Republican Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys, vouched for the character of the young man whose father donated to his mayoral campaign. <1>

Dreyling was allowed to continue his flight school training.

More:
http://en.allexperts.com/e/c/ch/charles_alfred_dreyling_jr.htm

[Buzz Clik]

1. The old "realisitic terrorist attack" prank. A classic.

Do they wear orange jump suits in the UK? This dude will be finding out...