LONDON - A bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on a vehicle in Scotland Tuesday, a day after at least three physicians %u2014 including an Iraqi, an Indian and a Palestinian %u2014 were identified as suspects in a series of failed car bomb attacks.
The number of people in custody rose to eight after authorities in Australia reported one arrest connected to the British investigation.
The controlled explosion was carried out early Tuesday morning on a suspicious car parked outside the Forth Street Mosque in Glasgow, the city were two men attempted to set off a car bomb at the airport on Saturday. Police said there was no indication that the mosque had any connection to the bombing attempt in Glasgow, or to two cars packed with gasoline and gas canisters discovered in London on Friday.
