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RSS FeedsU.K. police search home in London suburb after subway blast
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16 september 2017 17:17:17

 
U.K. police search home in London suburb after subway blast
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LONDON—British police say that armed officers are searching a home in a London suburb and evacuating neighbours as a precaution as part of the investigation into the subway blast.Police say the operation is taking place in Sunbury, an area on the southwestern outskirts of the capital and about eight kilometres from London’s Heathrow Airport.Police said cordons were put in place around the neighbourhood to clear the area for police.Police earlier Saturday arrested an 18-year-old suspect in the port of Dover and are hoping to gather information from the suspect in custody. Police said no further arrests have been made. “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 terrorist threat level remains at “critical,” meaning a government task force that includes the security services believes another attack is imminent.Read more: Britain raises terror alert level to ‘critical’ after homemade bomb injures 29Basu’s comments suggested that other dangerous suspects may still be at large.The 18-year-old suspect hasn’t been charged or identified. Police say he will be brought to a south London police station for more questioning. Police haven’t 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 Friday, after a bomb partially exploded during the morning rush hour.Police are combing through closed-circuit TV images and have extensively studied the remains of the device without giving details about it. But images from inside the subway car after the blast showed that the device was contained in a bucket with wires hanging out of it and that it was concealed in a plastic shopping bag.The train hit by the bomber at Parsons Green station in sout ...


 
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