UK police are searching addresses in central London after reports that a man suspected of trying to bomb a transatlantic flight is a student in Britain. Scotland Yard are conducting searches at a number of locations in connection with an alleged attempt to blow up a jet carrying 278 people as it landed in Detroit.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, is believed to be an engineering student at University College London.
US authorities claim he has links to al-Qaeda and are liaising with London Metropolitan police to search addresses with possible connections to the suspected terror attack.
