Police are searching an apartment block in London for clues surrounding the suspected plot to blow up a United States passenger plane. A 23-year-old Nigerian man has been charged with trying to blow up a packed aeroplane as it descended toward the US city of Detroit on Christmas Day, US officials say. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, is charged with attempting to destroy the aircraft and with placing a destructive device on the plane, the Justice Department said in a statement. "This alleged attack on a US airplane on Christmas Day shows that we must remain vigilant in the fight against terrorism at all times," said Attorney General Eric Holder. "Had this alleged plot to destroy an aeroplane been successful, scores of innocent people would have been killed or injured. "We will continue to investigate this matter vigorously, and we will use all measures available to our government to ensure that anyone responsible for this attempted attack is brought to justice," the statement read. Abdulmutallab is due to appear in court in the US later on Saturday (local time). The search in Britain is focused on a basement in a block in central London where apartments sell for between $3 million and $4 million dollars. Scotland Yard has confirmed that it is involved in the investigation into claims that Abdulmutallab, who studied in Britain, tried to blow up the transatlantic plane. Abdulmutallab, who is believed to be linked to Al Qaeda militants, was overpowered by passengers and crew as he ignited what looked like fireworks on the Christmas Day flight. Abdulmutallab is said to have boarded KLM flight 588 in Lagos, Nigeria bound for Amsterdam. There he connected to Delta Northwest Airlines 253 heading for Detroit. The Delta plane was carrying 278 people. The man was believed to have spent time in Britain as a student and authorities were trying to establish details about his activities in the country, a British counter-terrorism source said. University College London (UCL) said a student by the name of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was enrolled on a mechanical engineering course between September 2005 and June 2008 but said it had no evidence this individual was the same man. A report said the suspect had attended the British International School in Togo, where he had been nick-named "Alfa" - a local term for an Islamic scholar - before going to London to study. Banker's son Abdulmutallab is the son of a prominent Nigerian former banker. "It is my brother," Abdul Mutallab, son of Umaru Mutallab, a prominent banker from the northern state of Katsina, said. Nigeria's This Day newspaper cited family members as saying Umaru Mutallab had been uncomfortable with his son's "extreme religious views" and had reported him to the US Embassy in the capital Abuja and to Nigerian security agencies six months ago. The This Day report said Umaru Mutallab would meet Nigerian security agencies on Saturday (local time). "He is in a meeting right now but I don't think he is meeting with the police yet," Abdul Mutallab said, but declined to comment further. Meanwhile, one of the passengers onboard the flight who tackled Abdulmutallab as he tried to detonate the explosives says the man remained calm and did not say a word during the entire incident. Jasper Schuringa was onboard the flight from Amsterdam when he heard a popping noise and smelt smoke. He was sitting across the aisle from Abdulmutallab. "And then I took some kind of object that was already melting and smoking out of him and I tried to put out the fire and then when I did that I was also restraining the suspect and then the fire started beneath his seat," he said. The FBI is still questioning Abdulmutallab, but the White House believes he was operating alone. Airport security has been boosted across the US and Europe for domestic and international flights after the incident. -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8 - KRudd at his finest. "The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity. "This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession. "Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more. "By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election. "A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again. "Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr. "SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities. "I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude Rat at his finest again. "We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott Other posts:
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