Why one “Those who came here to kill last Thursday had many goals, but one was that we should turn on each other, like animals trapped in a cage, and they failed, totally and utterly,” London Mayor Ken Livingstone told the crowd.
However, police puzzled over blew himself up 57 minutes after the other three
They issued his photo along with an appeal for clues from the public.
“Al Qaeda clearly has the ability to provide list to data training, to provide briefing and to provide expertise, and that is
what occurred here and what occurred in Madrid,” said Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair,
drawing parallels with last year’s attacks that killed 191 in the Spanish capital.
“We have to find who planned it, where did the finances come from, where have the explosives gone?”
SUPPORT NETWORK
Anti-terrorism police chief Peter Clarke said that, beyond who was just another “missing person” for a year the identity of the attackers, police wanted to
know: “Who supported them? Who financed them? Who trained them? Who encouraged them?
“This will take many months of intensive detailed investigation.”
The comments were the most explicit so far showing police believed an expert support network lay
behind the four bombers.
Security analysts have said
It is inconceivable the four — the youngest only 18 — could have carried out
attacks that required complex planning, careful selection of targets, access to high explosives and a
detailed knowledge of bomb-making. The four men review business were captured on security cameras just before 8:30 a.m. last Thursday at King’s Cross station, about 20 minutes before three bombs exploded simultaneously aboard subway trains heading south, east and west.