July 29, 2005
Sky News
Photo: The man under arrest was led away from the scene wearing a white forensic boiler suit, used to preserve evidence.
Two more of the would-be London bombers have been arrested, Sky News has revealed. A total of three of the suspects are now in custody.
One of them is thought to be the man who tried to detonate a bomb at Oval station and the other is thought to be the man responsible for attempting to blow up the number 26 bus.
Anti-terror police have also arrested one other person.
This information has not been confirmed by Scotland Yard.
Police are still hunting at least one other suspect, including the man suspected of planting a bomb at Shepherd's Bush.
One of those arrested today was taken into custody after a dramatic raid on an estate in the north Kensington area of west London.
Photo: Three suspects arrested
The man under arrest was led away from the scene wearing a white forensic boiler suit, often used to preserve evidence.
During the siege, one eyewitness told Sky News that a man was inside a flat and police were surrounding the property and shouting at him to take his clothes off and get out.
Officers carrying guns and wearing balaclavas took part in the siege, in which officers called the man inside the flat "Mohammed".
A number of explosions had earlier been heard at the scene, possibly the sound of police entering the property.
Today's arrests are connected to the failed bombing attempt on July 21 - exactly two weeks after 56 people were killed in bombs on London's transport network.
Photo: A major armed operation is under way in west London in connection with the London terror attacks, with one of the suspected would-be bombers reported to be the target.
Sky News' correspondent Martin Brunt said: "It looks as though police had no more than an hour-and-a-half to prepare for this."
He added: "This is a serious operation - rather more substantial than the raids we have seen in the past few days.
"It is half a mile or so from where a bomb was left on Thursday last week and discovered later by a member of the public."
A number of other arrests have been made in a series of other operations.
Officers carrying machine guns and wearing gas masks sealed off Tavistock Road and the adjoining crescent.
Photo: A witness called Lisa Davis told Sky News: "We've got two men standing outside the flat right now. They have guns pointed upwards at the flat.
Tavistock Road runs close to Westbourne Park Tube station where the man who attempted to blow himself up on a train near Shepherd's Bush on July 21 got on to the network.
Liverpool Street Station has been re-opened after being evacuated and shut down. Armed police arrested two women.
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