UK police make more arrests in London bombings case

News

UK police make more arrests in London bombings case

August 1, 2005 08:21:00 pm

[JURIST] London police arrested two more men Monday in connection with the July 21 London bombing attempts [JURIST news archive] following raids in South London's Stockwell and Clapham areas. The men were taken into custody and detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, a charge created by the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 2002 [text]. A total of 23 people have so far been arrested in connection with the bombing attempt, including a suspect detained in Rome [JURIST report] by Italian authorities. AP has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

Library of Congress created

On April 24, 1800, U.S. President John Adams approved $5,000 to fund the establishment of the U.S. Library of Congress.

Learn more about the history of the U.S. Library of Congress.