British Court Frees Airline Plot Suspects
LONDON -- Two brothers charged in an alleged plot to blow up U.S. bound airliners were released Wednesday after a British court ruled the evidence against them was insufficient to warrant a trial.
Umair Hussain, 25, and Mehran Hussain 23, had been accused of failing to disclose information about their brother Nabeel Hussain, 22.
Nabeel Hussain is one of 11 people charged with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism in the plot, which police said they foiled in August. He was granted bail on Friday, along with a 17-year-old suspect who cannot be named because he is under age.
District Judge Quentin Purdy ordered the brothers freed during a hearing at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court, meaning they no longer face any charges.
Police arrested 25 people in raids across Britain on Aug. 9-10 and charged 17 of them, after uncovering a suspected plot to assemble and detonate improvised explosives on board as many as 10 U.S.-bound planes.
A drastic crackdown on security following the arrests snarled air traffic across the Atlantic and caused frustrating delays for thousands of passengers.
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