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June 29, 2007
Scotland Yard Appeals For Information In London Bomb Car Scare (Update - car in front of night club was to be 'remotely detonated')
Topics: Terrorism
Update via FoxNews: A "number" of people were seen on closed-circuit television, to have left the car in front of the Tiger Tiger nightclub, and that the bomb in the vehicle was "to be remotely detonated ..." Bus possibly not involved, rather another vehicle - bus could have just been "stopped." Sources close to the investigation say the Park Lane closure is linked to the discovery of a vehicle at an underground car park.
Story changing by the minute, with updates.
Breaking via Sky News, people are being warned to stay vigilant after the "massive" car bomb, which could have killed hundreds of people in the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Piccadilly shortly before 2am., was defused in London's West End. The device, which contained 60 litres of petrol, a large amount of nails and several gas canisters, was found in a Mercedes early this morning. Clearly, had the device detonated, there would have been "significant loss of life."
Video here ... provides some of the details of where the investigation is at now, and has Scotland Yard's appeal for information.
Via Hot Air:
The Independent has excellent background on the "gas limo" plot mentioned above that might have inspired this attack. It was masterminded by now-jailed AQ plotter Dhiren Barot, who you might remember for his creepy surveillance video of the World Trade Center. According to the Independent, the gasoline plot was Barot's attempt to emulate the Madrid bombings.Did a hero cop save the day?
Sky News sources say one of the first police officers on the scene of the London West End car bomb may have saved dozens of lives by diffusing the explosives before the bomb squad arrived.Related: U.K. Police Dismantle Car Bomb in Central London (Update8)It is believed the quick-thinking cop recognised that the car was wired to blow up, jumped in and disconnected the trigger device, thought to be a mobile phone.
This backs up an eye-witness account of a police officer briefly entering the metallic green Mercedes before running for cover.
Posted by Richard at June 29, 2007 10:44 AM
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