Two UK bomb suspects released without charge

Two men arrested in connection with failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow were released without charge yesterday, British police said.

The men, aged 28 and 25, were arrested early on July 2 by Strathclyde police at the residences of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Scotland, London's Metropolitan Police said.

Officers were given more time on Saturday to question a third man, Mohammed Asha, 26, who was arrested by counter-terrorism officers on the northbound M6 motorway in Cheshire, northern England, on June 30. His detention warrant will now expire on Saturday.

Three people have so far been charged over the attacks. British police charged Sabeel Ahmed, 26, of Liverpool, on Saturday with failing to disclose information that could have prevented an act of terrorism.

Earlier the same day, Australian Federal Police charged 27-year-old Mohamed Haneef, Sabeel's second cousin, with providing support to a terrorist organisation.

Iraqi-trained doctor Bilal Abdulla, 27, was charged in Britain last week with conspiring to cause explosions.

A seventh man, Indian engineer Kafeel Ahmed, 27, who is Mr Sabeel's brother, is under police guard in hospital after being badly burned when a jeep was driven into an airport terminal building in Glasgow, Scotland, and set ablaze on June 30.