London Police Make Progress on Bombings

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Reports: Primary London Suspects in Custody()  

An Italian police officer holds photos of Osman Hussain at the central police station in Rome.

July 29, 2005 London police take five suspects in the July 21 transit bombings into custody at locations across the city. And Italian police arrest another man in Rome. British media report that police have now arrested all four suspects in last week's failed attacks.

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Small Explosions Hit London; No Deaths Reported()  

Police escort people out of University College Hospital in central London.

July 21, 2005 Four small explosions strike London's transit system, two weeks after a similar attack killed 56 people. No deaths were reported. At least one person injured. Police say some of the bombs failed to detonate, giving them critical forensic evidence to help track the attackers.

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Police officer stands outside Bow Street Magistrates Court.

Police officer stands outside Bow Street Magistrates Court as first person to be charged in connection with July 21 failed London bomb attacks arrives in court.

Map of London transit bombings July 7 and July 21.
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Map of London transit bombings July 7 and July 21.

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PHOTOS OF SUSPECTS

One of the suspects sought by London police in connection with the attempted bomb attacks July 21.
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Surveillance image of one of the suspects sought by London police in connection with the July 21 attempted bomb attacks.

More Suspect Photos

A police officer bows his head as he mans a security cordon. Photo: Reuters

A police officer bows his head as he mans a security cordon around Shepherds Bush market in west London after London's transport system was hit by bombs, July 21, 2005. Photo: Reuters.

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A phone image captures the scene on a train near London's King's Cross station.
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A phone image captures the scene on a train near London's King's Cross station, July 7, 2005.

Special Services officer gets out of a vehicle near the Peabody estate in west London.
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Special Services officer gets out of a vehicle near the Peabody estate in north Kensington, west London.

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