LONDON, Aug 6: Three more men were remanded in custody on Saturday over last month’s terrorist attacks in London, as the British capital remained on high alert almost exactly a month after the first deadly bombings.

The three were indicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Friday for failing to give information to police investigating botched attacks in London on July 21, which came two weeks after the July 7 bombings which left 56 people dead.

The court action followed Prime Minister Tony Blair’s unveiling of tough new measures to crack down on Islamist extremism in the wake of the attacks, which have triggered London’s biggest police operation since World War II.

Britain’s most senior police officer welcomed Blair’s announcement, while also warning that a third terror attack on the British capital was “likely,” although it could be avoided.

“I have said since the first and the second strike that a third strike is much more likely, rather than less likely, but it is not certain,” said Metropolitan police chief Ian Blair in a television interview late Friday.

On Saturday three men — Shadi Abdel Gadir, 22, Omar Nagmeloin Almagboul, 20, and Mohamed Kabashi, 23 — were remanded in custody Saturday to appear in court on Aug 11.

—AFP