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Britain
Terror arrest in London over suspicious package
2016-10-22
[IsraelTimes] Officers tase 19-year-old suspect, hold him over item found on train Thursday

Armed police jugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
 a 19-year-old man in London on Friday under counter-terrorism laws in connection with a suspicious package on the underground train network that sparked a security alert.

"The man was arrested by officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, assisted by armed colleagues, in the street in Holloway Road" in north London, the police said in a statement.

London’s Metropolitan Police said they had used a taser during the arrest but that no shots were fired.

The police said they "made the item safe" after it was found on a train on Thursday and that the package was now being "forensically examined."

"The public will see more officers, including armed police, in and around transport hubs to provide reassurance around public safety," it said, adding that the Underground was working as normal.

Counter-terror detectives opened an investigation on Thursday after the suspicious item was found on a train at North Greenwich station, which serves The O2 entertainment complex, formerly the Millennium Dome.

The police said in a statement on Thursday that "a controlled detonation" of the package had taken place.

Since August 2014, the terror threat level in Britannia has been classed as "severe" -- the second highest level, meaning an attack is considered "highly likely."
Update from The Daily Mail at 12:40 p.m. ET: the arrestee is described as a white, bearded man, and
Police declined to comment on the possible motive, but a security source told The Times that there is a possibility the planned attack could have been a 'copycat' methodology and the motivation was not Islamist.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  A bundle which might be a bomb
We British shall face with aplomb!
We handled the Blitz
And we're handling this:
KEEP CALM AND IGNORE THE ISLAM
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-10-22 18:37  

#1  "The public will see more officers, including armed police, in and around transport hubs to provide reassurance around public safety," it said, adding that the Underground was working as normal.

"Keep calm... all is well..."
Posted by: Pappy   2016-10-22 09:32  

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