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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zambian authorities deported a Briton questioned in connection with the deadly July 7 London transit bombings and suspected of having links to al-Qaida, a senior official said Sunday.
Britain sent a plane to collect Haroon Rashid Aswat, who was detained in the Zambian capital July 20, Home Affairs Secretary Peter Mumba said. Aswat boarded the plane at 3 a.m. EDT and departed soon after, he said. No further details were released.
Zambian authorities have questioned Aswat about 20 calls reportedly made on his South African cell phone to some of the four suicide bombers responsible for the killing 52 people on three London subway trains and a double-decker bus.
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