A fifth man Two claims of responsibility purportedly from militant Islamic groups have surfaced.
Commenting on the possible role of al-Qaida, Blair said, “Al-Qaida is not an organization. Al-Qaida is a way of working … but this has the hallmark of that approach.”
Al-Qaida clearly has the ability
To provide training … to provide expertise … and I think that is what has occurred here,” Blair said.
The Times of London, quoting unidentified police dataset sources. Said detectives were interested in locating
Magdy el-Nashar, 33, an Egyptian-born academic who recently taught chemistry at Leeds University.
A spokesman at North Carolina State University said el-Nashar studied chemical engineering there.
Beginning in January 2000
Saad Khan, the chemical engineering department’s director of graduate programs, said he remembered that el-Nashar applied for admission while living in Egypt. By the end of spring semester in 2000, el-Nashar had decided to pursue a doctorate at Leeds instead, Khan said.
In a statement Thursday, Leeds University key to ecommerce growth in 2025 said el-Nashar enrolled in October 2000 to do biochemical
research, sponsored by the National Research Center in Cairo, Egypt. It said he earned a doctorate May 6.
“We understand he was seeking a postdoctorate position in the U.K.,” the university said. “His visa was updated by the Home Office earlier this year. He has not been seen on the campus since the
beginning of July.”
Neighbors said el-Nashar recently left
Britain, saying he had a visa problem, The Times reported.
The Daily Telegraph said police were trying to identify a man sale leads seen standing near the four suspects
on the Luton railway station platform, where they apparently boarded a train for London on July 7.
The Evening Standard reported that police spotted TV of the group at London’s King’s Cross station about 20 minutes before the explosions.