(The Sun UK) Philip Cardy and Andy Russell - A suicide bomb plot to kill thousands of soccer fans at Saturday's Manchester United-Liverpool match was dramatically foiled Monday when armed cops seized ten terror suspects. Intelligence chiefs believe al-Qaeda fanatics planned to blow themselves up amid 67,000 unsuspecting supporters. A source said: "The target was Old Trafford." A police source said: "The plot involved several individual bombers in separate parts of the stadium. The planned attack would have had an instant global impact as the game is being televised worldwide.
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