London bomb suspect charged with murder attempt

Ethiopian-born Briton Hussein Osman, also known as Hamdi Issac, was flown back from Italy with British police officers to a Royal Air Force base at Northolt in west London after failing to have his extradition blocked.

London's Metropolitan Police said he had been charged with conspiracy to murder and attempted murder as well as conspiracy to cause an explosion and possession of explosives.

"He will appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court sitting at Belmarsh" on Friday, police said in a statement.

The July 21 attacks killed no one but brought chaos to the capital, mimicking attacks exactly two weeks earlier by four British Muslim suicide bombers who killed 52 people on three underground trains and a bus.