Police have foiled a suspected Daesh-inspired bomb attack in London in what has been described as the biggest terror plot in the capital for two years,   Times reported on Friday.

Two brothers aged 19 and 20 were arrested after information suggested they were trying to get chemicals to build a bomb and planned attacks on random members of the public.

After an investigation by the Met's SO15 Counter-Terrorism Command and the South East Counter Terrorism Unit, two men were arrested at an address in west London, Scotland Yard said.

Both were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006.

The older man was held on suspicion of funding terrorism and failing to disclose information about an act of terrorism.

A third man aged 19, who had moved to the UK from Iraq 10 years ago and had been in contact with the brothers, was arrested in southeast London on suspicion of a religiously aggravated offence in relation to a separate matter.

All three men remain in police custody as inquiries are ongoing.

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan police commissioner, said in July that it was a matter of "when, not if" a Daesh attack took place in the UK. The current terrorist threat level is considered to be severe which means an attack in Britain is likely.

Source: MENA