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| Teen suspect arrested in London Underground attack | |||
| 2017-09-17 | |||
| [Al Jazeera] British police have made a "significant" arrest in the manhunt for suspects a day after the London Underground blast that injured more than two dozen people, authorities said. Police said that an 18-year-old man was enjugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! by Kent police in the port of Dover on the English Channel on Saturday. He is being questioned under the Terrorism Act. Dover is a major ferry port for travel between Britannia and La Belle France. "We have made a significant arrest in our investigation this morning," Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner Neil Basu said but he warned that the investigation was ongoing and the threat level remains at "critical," meaning a government task force that includes the security services believes another attack is imminent. Basu's comments suggested that other suspects may still be on the lam. The 18-year-old suspect has not been charged or identified. Police say he will be brought to a south London cop shoppe for more questioning. Police have not said if he is suspected of planting the bomb or if he played a supporting role in a possible plot. Authorities had increased the "terrorism" threat level to "critical" late on Friday, after a bomb partially went kaboom!during the morning rush hour.
There were fears the number of those hurt could have been much higher had the bomb, which was concealed within a supermarket carrier bag, fully exploded. It is not yet known whether the device, which was reportedly fixed with a timer, went off at its intended target or whether it was intended to go off further into central London.
The teen - who is being held at a London police station - is thought to have been a 'problematic foster child' who was allegedly arrested two weeks ago near to where the attack took place before being freed. If true, this appears to suggest that President Donald Trump's much criticized tweet revealing the suspect was known to British law enforcement was not entirely wrong. Police also said they are 'keeping an open mind' on whether there was more than one person responsible for the Parsons Green bombing. A home in Sunbury-on-Thames raided by investigators in connection with the attack, which injured 30, is owned by a couple who were both appointed MBEs for fostering hundreds of children. Close friends of pensioners Penny and Ron Jones said the couple - who are widely respected in the local area - were at 'their end' with the teenager. Around 60 people were evacuated from near the house, where locals claimed 'explosives' were found in the garden. There is no suggestion the Joneses had any knowledge of any alleged wrongdoing at the property. Serena Barber, 47, who has known the couple all her life and lives in a property backing on to theirs, said: 'They have two boys at the moment, both are foreign. One is very quiet and polite, the other who is 18 is awful. 'I know about two weeks ago he was arrested by police at Parsons Green, for what I don't know and returned back to Penny and Ron. After that Penny said she was going to have to stop caring for him, she couldn't handle him.'
Neighbour Carrie Hill, 38, said: 'Police told me there was a bomb found in the garden and firearms hidden under the floorboards.' | |||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Borstal is a particularly pointed choice, Zenobia F, given the foster mother was inspired to take in children by her work in a children's prison. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-09-17 11:56 |
| #1 MBE foster couple Oh my goodness me. To laugh or cry? "We strive to provide an oasis, A place for Mohammedan faces, A safe little borstal Until they go postal For ISIS. We're probably racist." |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-09-17 07:31 |