All four members of a suspected suicide bomb gang were in custody today after British anti-terror police scored a major breakthrough.
Three were captured in the space of a few hours after eight days on the run following the botched July 21st attacks on London's transport network.
Two were held in a dramatic swoop on a London flat, which was captured on video.
One identified himself to police as Muktar Said-Ibrahim (27), who allegedly tried to blow himself up on a number 26 bus in Hackney, east London, on July 21st.
The other said he was Ramzi Mohammed. Police are believed to suspect he was behind the attempted bombing near Oval Tube station on the same day.
A third man was held in Rome today.
The head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch Peter Clarke announced that he was identified as Hussain Osman and was "of interest to the investigation".
The Italian authorities described him as a 27-year-old Somali man, a naturalised British citizen.
It thought police believe he attempted to blow himself up on a Tube train at Shepherd's Bush on July 21st.
Reports from Italy said Osman had a brother living in Rome. According to unconfirmed reports, he was traced through telephone contacts after fleeing to Italy in recent days.
The fourth bomb suspect Yasin Hassan Omar, a 24-year-old Somalian alleged to have tried to set off a bomb on a train near Warren Street, was held during an operation in Birmingham on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, two women were arrested in London's Liverpool Street station by armed police.
Police closed the complex and investigated a suspect package. "There is a suspect package on the concourse," a London City police spokesman said. "It may be linked to the arrests."