TIMELINE - The London and Glasgow car bombings

Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:52pm BST
 
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LONDON (Reuters) - Two doctors, Bilal Abdulla and Mohammed Asha, are on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of planning a series of car bomb attacks.

Abdulla, 29, and Kafeel Ahmed, 28, planned to carry out bombings in London and then attempted a suicide bomb attack on Glasgow Airport, the court has heard.

Asha was said by prosecutors to have been an important member of the cell.

Here is a timeline of events surrounding the attempted bombings, according to the prosecution.

JUNE 28

- Early afternoon Abdulla and Ahmed leave Scotland in two Mercedes cars, one green the other blue. They drive to England.

JUNE 29

- After stopping a number of times on the way down, they reach Marble Arch at 12.39 a.m. They then travel through central London via Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, and Pall Mall.

- The blue Mercedes driven by Ahmed is parked at a bus stop on Cockspur Street, at the bottom of the Haymarket at 1.18 a.m.  Continued...

 
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