Man held at airport over failed London bombings

Police investigating the July 21 attacks in London yesterday arrested a man at Gatwick airport who is believed to have left Britain a month before the failed bombings. The 23-year-old from Tottenham, north London, was arrested after getting off a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Police suspect him of giving logistical support such as safe houses to one or more of the bombers before the attacks on three tube trains and a bus. Last night the man, believed to be a British resident, was being questioned at Paddington Green police station in central London.