Terrorist attacks shock London

    BEIJING, May 1 -- Five British men have been sentenced to life in prison for plotting to carry out bomb attacks using chemical fertilizer. They'd planned to target power plants, a popular nightclub, and a shopping mall.

    The year-long trial is Britain's longest ever terror case. It's exposed connections between the five men and at least two of the al-Qaeda-linked suicide bombers who attacked London's public transport system in 2005, killing 52 commuters.

    The five suspects have been convicted of plotting to use 600 kilograms of fertilizer to make explosives.

    Omar Khyam, Anthony Garcia, Jawad Akbar, Waheed Mahmood and Salahuddin Amin have all been sentenced to life imprisonment.

    But two other suspects, Nabeel Hussain and Shujah Mahmood, have been cleared of conspiracy charges.

    The jury spent nearly a month in deliberations.

    Lawyer Deborah Walsh said "There was a vast amount of evidence for the jury to take in. For example, we served almost 12-thousand pages of exhibits. By using the electronic presentation we tried to make it less tiring for the jury as we explained the complicated plot that had been uncovered by the Security Service."

    The British government has praised the police for their work in finding and convicting the five suspects.

    (Source: cctv.com)