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Guilty verdicts in retrial of 2006 "liquid bombers" in London
Sep 7, 2009, 14:52 GMT
London - Three men were found guilty by a court in London Monday of plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up transatlantic aircraft with home-made liquid bombs in 2006.
At a retrial, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court in London convicted ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, of conspiring to activate bombs disguised as drinks.
Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Assad Sarwar, 29, were also found guilty
of the same charge.
The men's arrests in 2006 led to new global airport restrictions on liquids which remain in force.
At a trial a year ago, Ali, Hussain and Sarwar were found guilty of conspiracy to murder involving liquid bombs - but that jury could not decide whether their plans extended to detonating the devices on planes.
An appeal by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) led to a retrial, with the jury concluding that such a terror plot did exist.
The men will be sentenced at a later date.
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