December 02, 2019
The critical warning had last been used
It was the United Kingdom&Wholesale
Cube vacuum storage bags039;s fifth terror attack in six months, a series
that has claimed 35 lives. The home-made bomb shot flames through a packed train
carriage at west London’s Parsons Green Tube station during the Friday morning
rush hour but apparently failed to detonate fully. (Photo: AP) London: Police
stepped up their investigation Monday into the bombing of a packed London
Underground train during rush hour after officers made a second arrest in their
probe.The bomb went off on Friday's morning in a crowded carriage and although
the device is thought to have malfunctioned, it still wounded 30 people. Britain
downgraded on Sunday the nation's terrorism threat from its highest level
following the arrest.It was the country's fifth terror attack in six months, a
series that has claimed 35 lives.Police said earlier Sunday that a 21-year-old
man, who has not been identified, was detained late Saturday in Hounslow, on the
western rim of the capital."The Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre, which reviews
the threat level that the UK is under, have decided to lower that level from
critical to severe," interior minister Amber Rudd said in a televised
statement.A critical threat level means another attack is "expected imminently"
while a severe threat indicates an assault is highly likely.A search was
underway on Sunday in Stanwell, a few miles west of Hounslow, in connection with
the 21-year-old's arrest, police said.After taking into custody an 18-year-old
man earlier on Saturday over the "bucket bomb" attack at the Parsons Green
Underground station, police said they they were hunting for more suspects.Rudd
said the police were trying to find out how the first man arrested was
"radicalised".The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday's
explosion.The first arrest on Saturday took place at the Dover ferry terminal, a
main link to Europe. A "number of items" were recovered during the operation and
the man is now in custody in London, officers said.Police also raided a home in
Sunbury, a town west of London on Saturday. Local residents quoted in British
media said the owners of the house were elderly foster parents.CCTV footage
obtained by British media on Sunday appeared to show a man walking from the
property on Friday morning, carrying a bag similar to the one containing the
failed device.- Passengers flee in panic -Now that the terror threat has been
downgraded, soldiers deployed to guard key sites across the country "will return
to their original positions" during the next few days, Rudd said.
The critical
warning had last been used after the deadly suicide bombing at a pop concert in
the northwestern city of Manchester in May, for which IS also claimed
responsibility.But Rudd voiced doubt over the IS claim that it was behind
Friday's bombing."It is inevitable that so-called Islamic State or Daesh will
try to claim responsibility but we have no evidence to suggest that yet," she
told the BBC.Rudd had earlier dismissed as "pure speculation" US President
Donald Trump's claim, made Friday on Twitter, that a "loser terrorist" behind
the attack was known to Scotland Yard.The tweet had already drawn a terse rebuke
from Prime Minister Theresa May, who said: "I never think it's helpful for
anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation."In another security
scare on Sunday, a # London-bound British Airways flight was evacuated at
Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport after a false bomb alert.
The improvised device
at Parsons Green, a quiet and well-off residential district, failed to detonate
fully.But the blast inflicted flash burns on passengers, and prompted dozens of
others to flee in panic.- 'Fireball flew down carriage' -Twitter user @Rrigs
posted pictures of a white bucket smouldering on the train and described how a
"fireball flew down carriage and we just jumped out open door".The bucket, which
was inside a frozen food bag, looked like the type used by builders, and there
appeared to be wires coming from it.Louis Hather, 21, had been travelling to
work and was three carriages down from where the explosion took place."
I could
smell the burning. Like when you burn plastic," he told AFP.He was trampled on
as panicking passengers stampeded out of the station, leaving him with a bad cut
and bruised leg.The bomb's remnants were examined by forensic scientists but no
further details were released.Several victims were taken to hospital, though
health authorities said none were in a life-threatening condition.
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