[CNN] Another suspect has been arrested in connection with a planned attack on U.S.-bound passenger jets using liquid explosives, Britain's Metropolitan Police announced Wednesday. Security sources said the alleged plotters intended to use an electrical charge to detonate liquid explosives in planes as they flew over the Atlantic Ocean. According to a British intelligence official, the planned near-simultaneous attacks - which one top U.S. official said were intended to be "a second September 11" - were foiled when a member of the UK's Muslim community contacted authorities after noticing an acquaintance acting suspiciously.
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