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Four men have been found guilty of plotting to carry out suicide bombings on London's transport network on 21 July 2005. Four men have been found guilty of plotting to bomb London's transport network on 21 July 2005.
Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were convicted of conspiracy to murder at Woolwich Crown Court. Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder.
The jury will continue to consider verdicts on Tuesday for two others, who deny charges against them. The men had tried to detonate rucksacks laden with explosives on the Tube and a bus, killing themselves and passengers.
The four tried to bomb the Tube and a bus, two weeks after the 7/7 attacks. But the bombs failed to go off sparing the city a repeat of the horrors of the 7/7 attacks, two weeks earlier.
Majority verdictMajority verdict
The events of 21 July followed a fortnight of apprehension for Londoners and a period of high alert for emergency services.The events of 21 July followed a fortnight of apprehension for Londoners and a period of high alert for emergency services.
Widespread chaos and panic were brought to the capital, with the London transport network brought to a standstill.Widespread chaos and panic were brought to the capital, with the London transport network brought to a standstill.
The suspects had claimed the bombs were fakes, and their actions had been intended as a protest against the war in Iraq. During the trial the defendants had claimed the bombs were fakes, and their actions had been intended as a protest against the war in Iraq.
The failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared Nigel Sweeney QCThe failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared Nigel Sweeney QC
After unanimously returning three guilty verdicts against Ibrahim, Omar and Mohammed before lunch, jurors were sent out to continue their deliberations on the three other defendants, Osman, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, and Adel Yahya, 24. After the six-month trial, a jury unanimously found Ibrahim, Omar, Mohammed and Osman guilty of conspiracy to murder.
The judge, Mr Justice Fulford QC, said he would accept a majority verdict of 10 to 2. Jurors will continue their deliberations on the two other defendants, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, and Adel Yahya, 24, on Tuesday.
They later came back with their verdict on Osman and will continue deliberations on the other two on Tuesday. The judge, Mr Justice Fulford QC, has said he would accept a majority verdict of 10 to 2.
Mohammed had targeted a train at Oval station in south London, Omar was on board a train at Warren Street in central London and Osman travelled on a Hammersmith and City line service to Shepherds Bush in west London. The guilty four, who were all born in East Africa and came to the UK in the 1990s, stocked up on large quantities of hydrogen peroxide from hairdressing suppliers, ahead of 21 July 2005.
Ibrahim had boarded a bus in Hackney, east London. Omar's eighth-floor flat in New Southgate, north London, was turned into a bomb factory.
CCTV AND THE INVESTIGATION 28,000 items of CCTV gathered7,500 items viewed18,000 man-hours of viewingSeven hours of crucial CCTV used in evidenceCCTV AND THE INVESTIGATION 28,000 items of CCTV gathered7,500 items viewed18,000 man-hours of viewingSeven hours of crucial CCTV used in evidence
The six men have been on trial for six months. Devices were made of chapati flour and a similar hydrogen peroxide mixture used by the men behind the 7 July attacks in which 52 people died.
The trial heard that dozens of people would have been killed if the bombs had detonated properly. Mohammed targeted a train at Oval station in south London, Omar was on board a train at Warren Street in central London and Osman travelled on a Hammersmith and City line service to Shepherds Bush in west London.
The devices were made of chapati flour and a similar hydrogen peroxide mixture used by the men behind the 7 July attacks in which 52 people died. Ibrahim, the prime mover in the conspiracy, boarded a bus in Shoreditch, east London.
The jury heard that had the bombs detonated properly, dozens of people would have been killed.
The attacks, and the subsequent escape of the four guilty men, sparked the UK's largest ever manhunt.The attacks, and the subsequent escape of the four guilty men, sparked the UK's largest ever manhunt.
Their movements, though, were captured on thousands of hours of CCTV film. Their movements were captured on thousands of hours of CCTV film, with seven hours worth proving to be crucial evidence.
Mohammed and Ibrahim were captured a week later at a flat in west London. Mohammed and Ibrahim, who was believed to have undertaken jihadi training in Pakistan, were captured a week later after armed police surrounded a flat in west London.
Omar was arrested in Birmingham after travelling there disguised as a woman in a burka and Osman was detained in Rome and extradited back to Britain. Omar was arrested in Birmingham after travelling there disguised as a woman in a burka, while Osman was detained in Rome and extradited back to Britain.
But in their efforts to track down those behind the attempts, the police mistook an innocent man for one of the suspects.
Jean Charles de Menezes, an electrician from Brazil, was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station a day after the failed attacks.
Nigel Sweeney QC, prosecutor, had told the trial the men chose a date "just 14 days after the carnage of July 7".Nigel Sweeney QC, prosecutor, had told the trial the men chose a date "just 14 days after the carnage of July 7".
But the trial heard evidence that the conspiracy "had been in existence long before the events of July 7" and was not a "hastily-arranged copycat" operation.But the trial heard evidence that the conspiracy "had been in existence long before the events of July 7" and was not a "hastily-arranged copycat" operation.
Mr Sweeney said: "The failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared."Mr Sweeney said: "The failure of those bombs to explode owed nothing to the intention of these defendants, rather it was simply the good fortune of the travelling public that day that they were spared."
  • Panorama: Heroes of 21/7 will be broadcast on Monday, 9 July, on BBC1 at 2030 BST