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'Suicide bomb' CCTV shown to jury 'Suicide bomb' CCTV shown to jury
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A jury has been shown CCTV footage of the moment an alleged suicide bomber tried to detonate a device on a London underground train on 21 July 2005.A jury has been shown CCTV footage of the moment an alleged suicide bomber tried to detonate a device on a London underground train on 21 July 2005.
The pictures taken on a train near Oval station in south London have been played on the second day of the trial.The pictures taken on a train near Oval station in south London have been played on the second day of the trial.
Muktar Ibrahim, Manfo Asiedu, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.Muktar Ibrahim, Manfo Asiedu, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.
Prosecutors allege the failed bid was planned before the 7 July 2005 attacks.Prosecutors allege the failed bid was planned before the 7 July 2005 attacks.
The footage shows Mr Mohammed, 25, boarding the train with a rucksack, and turning with his back towards a mother and her child before apparently trying to detonate a bomb. href="#suspects" class="bodl">Pictures of the 21/7 suspects
The footage shows Mr Mohammed, 25, boarding the train with a rucksack, and turning so that the rucksack on his back faces towards a mother and her child before apparently trying and failing to detonate a bomb.
He had been wearing a hooded top with "New York" written across the chest, "no doubt intended to refer to the events of 9/11", prosecuting counsel Nigel Sweeney QC said.
The jury watched as the CCTV footage showed all the passengers on board the carriage trying to get away from the scene except for fireman Angus Campbell who remonstrated with Mr Mohammed.
Mr Mohammed is later seen running up the escalator after the train had arrived at Oval as he made his way out of the station, chased by several members of the public.
'Crowded platform'
The court also heard details of Mr Omar's alleged failed attempt to detonate his bomb on a Victoria Line tube approaching Warren Street station.
The jury was shown CCTV footage of Mr Omar trying to escape through crowds on the platform at Warren Street station.
After he had fled the station, heading north up Hampstead Road, Mr Omar approached two women in full Muslim dress, Mr Sweeney said.
21 JULY 'BOMB PLOT' TRIALMap of London showing key locations of prosecution caseEnlarge Map21 JULY 'BOMB PLOT' TRIALMap of London showing key locations of prosecution caseEnlarge Map
He is later seen running up the down escalator as he made his way out of the station, chased by several members of the public. "He demanded of the younger woman that she take him to her home," Mr Sweeney added.
The court heard two other tube trains - one at Shepherd's Bush and the other near Warren Street station - and a bus in Hackney were also targeted in the alleged plot, but in all instances the main explosive charge failed to ignite. "When she declined he said words to the effect of 'What kind of Muslim are you not helping another Muslim?'"
Mr Osman, meanwhile, is alleged to have tried to set off a bomb in his rucksack on a Hammersmith and City line tube between Latimer Road and Shepherd's Bush.
"Some passengers recall him being thrown off his feet and landing on the floor of the carriage still wearing his rucksack," Mr Sweeney said.
When the train had arrived at the open air Shepherd's Bush station, Mr Osman had squeezed himself between two carriages to hide before escaping over a trackside wall, Mr Sweeney added.
The court also heard that a bus in Hackney was targeted in the alleged plot, and that, as with all the other instances, the main explosive charge in the bomb failed to explode.
'Not copycat''Not copycat'
The Woolwich Crown Court jury heard that components for the devices started to be bought in late April or early May. Earlier, the Woolwich Crown Court jury heard that components for the devices started to be bought in late April or early May and that a "bomb factory" had been set up at the flat of Mr Omar in New Southgate.
A "bomb factory" was set up Curtis House in New Southgate, the home of Yassin Omar.
THE ACCUSED Muktar Said Ibrahim, 28, from Stoke Newington, north LondonRamzi Mohammed, 25, from North Kensington, west LondonYassin Omar, 26, from New Southgate, north LondonHussein Osman, 28, of no fixed addressManfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, of no fixed addressAdel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north LondonTHE ACCUSED Muktar Said Ibrahim, 28, from Stoke Newington, north LondonRamzi Mohammed, 25, from North Kensington, west LondonYassin Omar, 26, from New Southgate, north LondonHussein Osman, 28, of no fixed addressManfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, of no fixed addressAdel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London
Components for the detonator were uncovered at the property, said prosecuting counsel Nigel Sweeney QC. "The events with which you are concerned... are plainly not some hastily-arranged repetition of the devastating events of 7/7, plainly not some hastily-arranged copycat," Mr Sweeney said.
"There is a consistent picture of the purchasing of components, taken then to Curtis House, and of manufacturing taking place there," he said. He said the defendants had chosen to mount their attack at lunchtime to avoid enhanced rush hour security in the wake of the 7 July bombings.
"The events with which you are concerned... are plainly not some hastily-arranged repetition of the devastating events of 7/7, plainly not some hastily-arranged copycat."
But Mr Sweeney alleged the enhanced security after the 7 July influenced the defendants' plans.
"The 7/7 bombings took place towards the end of the morning rush hour.
"These defendants had obviously decided not to risk trying to get on to the public transport system in the rush hour, given the enhanced security that was now in place.
"Instead they chose to mount their attack at lunchtime when the enhanced security was no longer in force."
The court heard Mr Omar got engaged four days before the alleged attacks.
Mr Sweeney said he went through an engagement ceremony - which some witnesses described as a marriage - on 17 July at a mosque in Finchley, north London.
Mr Omar is said to have later left London disguised as a Muslim woman wearing a burka.
The prosecution has said all of the bombers were would-be suicide bombers except for Mr Yahya, who was out of the country on 21 July 2005.The prosecution has said all of the bombers were would-be suicide bombers except for Mr Yahya, who was out of the country on 21 July 2005.
Mr Asiedu allegedly lost his nerve at the last moment and dumped his bomb.Mr Asiedu allegedly lost his nerve at the last moment and dumped his bomb.
The trial continues.The trial continues.
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