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New Australia 'car bomb' searches Australia extends Haneef inquiry
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Police in Australia have carried out further searches in connection with the suspected car bomb attempts in London and at Glasgow Airport. Australian police have been granted an extra 48 hours to continue detaining an Indian doctor in connection with the suspected UK car bomb attacks.
Officers have searched the home of Mohammed Haneef, 27, who was arrested as he tried to leave Brisbane international airport late last Monday. The Australian Federal Police said the extra time granted by magistrates would allow them to consider the evidence they have gathered so far.
The Indian doctor is related to two of the six people being held in the UK. Dr Haneef, 27, was arrested a week ago at Brisbane airport, following a tip-off from UK police.
Another man, Bilal Abdullah, 27, was remanded in custody on Saturday charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. His home on Queensland's Gold Coast was searched for a second time on Sunday.
The Iraqi doctor is the only person charged over the suspected attack attempts. The charge carries a maximum life sentence. The doctor is related to two of the six people being held in the UK over the alleged attempted car bomb attacks on central London and Glasgow at the end of last month.
Severe burns Another man, 27-year-old Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah, was remanded in custody by a UK court on Saturday, charged with conspiracy to cause explosions.
Over the weekend, anti-terror police were also granted more time to question five of the six other people detained in the UK. Searches
The sixth person, Kafeel Ahmed, is in a Glasgow hospital suffering from severe burns. A police spokesman said Brisbane magistrates had decided on Monday evening to grant police an extra 48 hours of so-called dead time - which allows the interviewing to be put on hold so police can consider the evidence already gathered or pursue other lines of inquiry.
According to his lawyer in Brisbane, Dr Haneef has not been interviewed since a magistrate granted police 72 hours of so-called dead time - which allows them to review the evidence and pursue other lines of inquiry - three days ago. This would allow "for the analysis of material obtained during the course of the investigation by joint counter-terrorism teams", the spokesman said.
Police will then have 12 hours of interviewing time left available to them, although they could seek a further extension. Dr Haneef has already undergone 12 hours of questioning by Australian police since he was arrested on 2 July.
However, they have returned to Dr Haneef's top-floor apartment, close to the hospital where he worked on Queensland's Gold Coast, to carry out further searches and have towed away his car, a blue Honda Jazz. Under counter-terrorism laws, police have a further 12 hours of interview time available to them - which can be spread out over a number of days.
Dr Haneef's lawyer said on Monday that his client had already undergone three days of dead time.
Mohammed Haneef was picked up at Brisbane airport, reportedly with a one-way ticket to India.
His family in India insist he is innocent, and say he was travelling home to visit his wife and newborn baby.
Since Mr Haneef's arrest, a further five Indian doctors have been questioned and released by the Australian authorities.
Police seized computers and other materials from hospitals in Western Australia at the end of last week, and carried out a second search of Dr Haneef's top-floor apartment and Honda car on Sunday.
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac), the country's counter-terrorism finance regulator, is now assisting the Australian federal police, scrutinising money transferred in and out of the country.The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac), the country's counter-terrorism finance regulator, is now assisting the Australian federal police, scrutinising money transferred in and out of the country.
Police in Australia have also seized computers and other material as well as interviewing and subsequently releasing four doctors.