Terror plot foiled was larger in scale than 2005 London attack BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- British police said three Muslim citizens sought to unleash a terrorist bombing attack to dwarf the 2005 London subway bombings. Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali are accused of plotting "mass deaths and casualties" with a terrorist attack by setting off eight backpack bombs, ITV reported Monday. They were arrested in Birmingham in September. British officials said the three men had traveled to an al-Qaida terror training camp in August and returned to Britain where they scammed money to fund the attack. The trio had placed charity donation buckets across Birmingham that raised 13,500 pounds (about $21,600) though they lost 9,000 pounds ($14,400) of it in a failed investment scheme by a fourth man who pleaded guilty to raising funds for terrorism, police said.