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| Arrests in terror police swoops |
| 2005-07-29 |
| Edited for new developments: Armed police investigating the 21 July attempted bombings have made a number of arrests and surrounded flats in west London in "significant" operations. At least two properties are believed to have been raided, in Notting Hill and North Kensington, and residents moved. Eyewitnesses say they heard three shots and a large explosion as officers wearing gas masks entered one property. Police seeking three men over the failed bomb attacks have also made two arrests at Liverpool Street station. The properties raided are in Dalgarno Gardens, North Kensington and the Tavistock Road area of Notting Hill, less than a mile away. In Dalgarno Gardens officers are continually shouting at someone in a flat to come out. They are addressing him as "Muhammad". The police are asking him: "What is the problem? Why can't you come out? "Take your clothes off. Exit the building. Do you understand?" Officers are telling other residents on the 350-property estate to "get inside now". Scotland Yard say they are not aware of firearms having been used. In an separate raid in Notting Hill one eyewitness says a man dressed in a white forensic overall was taken away in an unmarked police car. Another has spoken of seeing three other people being taken away in a police van. UPDATE: LONDON (AP) - Heavily armed police wearing gas masks and reportedly using stun grenades raided two west London apartment blocks Friday, and officials said they arrested three people connected to the failed July 21 transit bombings. British media reports said three of the four men suspected of trying to detonate the bombs are now in custody, but police would not confirm that. One of the four, Yasin Hassan Omar, was arrested Wednesday in Birmingham in central England. Police said they raided two residences Friday in west London and arrested two men at one address and one at another, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity. Police were ``securing the area and treating it as a crime scene.'' |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Doh. Gee whiz Jack. Thanks for ruining My War on Terror. I can't be expected to simultaneously stand guard and fight off ACLU lawsuits can I? Oh well, back to lip biting and hand wringing in silence. |
| Posted by: Zpatz 2005-07-29 14:24 |
| #4 Parade them inhospital gowns, with the back untied. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-07-29 14:19 |
| #3 Wait a minute, zpatz. You're talking about Sartorial Profiling. That'll piss off the ACLU. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-07-29 14:03 |
| #2 This is done for two reasons: first, make sure the guy isn't carrying explosives on him second, retain all trace chemicals, loose hairs etc. on him in a form that will stand up to court later, lessening the ability of defense attorneys to claim he was contaminated by others or by the environment. |
| Posted by: rkb 2005-07-29 12:46 |
| #1 ...a man dressed in a white forensic overall.... Finally, a reliable way to identify all suicide bombers - they all wear white forensic overalls. I am going to stake out my local Metra station. No cotton pickin' white forensic overalled jihadi is gettin' by me by gosh. Sleep well tonight my friends. I have found my special purpose. |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2005-07-29 11:37 |