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Third man charged over UK attacks
Indian doctor accused of having information about failed car bombings.
Last Modified: 14 Jul 2007 15:31 GMT

Sabeel Ahmed was a doctor at Halton Hospital in north-west England [AP]

A third man has been charged in connection with last month's attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow, police in UK have said.
 
Sabeel Ahmed, a 26-year-old Indian doctor, was charged on Saturday under the Terrorism Act 2000 and will appear before City of Westminster Magistrates Court in central London on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.
The move comes after Australian police charged Ahmed's cousin, Mohammed Haneef, 27, earlier on Saturday with "providing support to a terrorist organisation" allegedly behind three failed bombings on June 29 and 30.
Haneef, also an Indian doctor, has been in custody in Australia following his arrest on July 2 in the eastern city of Brisbane as he was attempting to leave the country on a one-way ticket.
 
Cheshire hospital
 
Ahmed was arrested in Liverpool, north-west England, on June 30, after a burning Jeep crashed into a Glasgow airport terminal.
 
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He worked as a doctor at Halton Hospital in Runcorn, Cheshire, also in north-west England.

Scotland Yard said Ahmed is accused of having information that could have helped police prevent another person from committing a similar attack, or enable police to arrest and prosecute them.
 
Police initially detained eight people on suspicion of involvement in the attempted bombings - seven in Britain and one in Australia.

Three people arrested in the immediate aftermath of the attacks remain in custody. They are Jordanian doctor Mohammed Asha, 26, and two trainee doctors aged 25 and 28, whose identities have not yet emerged.
 
Under British law police can detain and question them for up to 28 days, subject to regular judicial review.
 
Scotland Yard will have to apply to a magistrate this weekend if they want to hold them further.
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