No Foreign Ties Seen in London Bombings

LONDON â€”  British government reports about the deadly July bombings on London’s transit network conclude that the four attackers acted without the assistance of foreign terrorists, officials and lawmakers said Wednesday.

Two reports being released today address concerns that intelligence agencies had placed two of the suicide bombers under surveillance in 2004 but determined them not to be a threat and halted their supervision.

Authorities have long held that the four men, who killed 52 subway and bus passengers, were home-grown terrorists who acted independently.

Extensive investigations now support that assessment, a government official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the reports had not been released.

Britain’s parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, which interviewed the heads of the nation’s two spy agencies, is expected to conclude there was no evidence the agencies could have prevented the attacks.