London bomb plot 'was much bigger'

The bomb plot in which four suicide bombers killed 52 people on the London transport network on July 7th may have been much larger…

The bomb plot in which four suicide bombers killed 52 people on the London transport network on July 7th may have been much larger than previously thought, it has been revealed.

Police found more bombs stashed in a hire car at Luton railway station which was believed to have been rented by members of the suicide team.

Images of the bombs were obtained by the US televison network ABC News. They showed home-made high explosives, some of it packaged like pancakes.

Dozens of large nails had been packed around the explosives as shrapnel.

Sources told ABC there were a total of 16 bombs in the car but British police refused to confirm this.

There were also images from the inside of the train, near King's Cross, on which bomber Germaine Lindsay killed himself and 26 others.

It was the first time the carnage inside the train has been seen by the public.

The roof and floor had been blown apart and wires dangled down across what remained of the mangled carriage.

PA

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