LONDON, Aug 3: A 23-year-old man arrested as part of the investigation into the July 21 failed bomb attacks on the London transport network has been charged under British terrorism laws, the police said on Wednesday. He is the first person to be charged in connection with the attacks, but is not one of the four men suspected of being a would-be bomber.

A police spokesman said Ismael Abdurahman, from Kennington in south London, would appear in a London magistrates court on Thursday. The charge reads: “Between July 23 and July 28 he had information he knew or believed might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person in the UK for an offence involving the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.”

In addition, a man arrested in Brighton, southern England, was released without charge. The attempted bombings came two weeks after the July 7 bombings on three underground trains and a bus which killed 56 people. —Reuters