Stranded 5:44 Fri Oct 21
Suspect arrested for the Greenwich tube package
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Armed police today swooped on a teenager who allegedly left a suspected bomb on a packed London Underground train.
In dramatic scenes the 19-year-old was shot with a Taser in front of bystanders on a busy shopping street in north London shortly after midday today.
The man was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism acts, under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
He was held in connection with a package left on a Jubilee line train at North Greenwich station yesterday morning which sparked a major terror alert.
The Army’s bomb squad was called in and carried out a controlled explosion in the station before the device was declared safe.
Today police said the remains of the package were still being forensically examined but there were fears that it could have been a viable explosive device.
One source said: “It is looking like it was the right decision to blow it up.”
Counter terror detectives are liaising with the security services and have not discounted a link to Islamic terrorism.
A TfL source told the Standard that a worker found an abandoned bag “full of wires” and carrried it through the train to the driver’s compartment.
Witnesses described a dramatic police operation on Holloway Road just after midday today as vans and forensic teams descended on the busy shopping street.
Emi Koizumi, 42, described the terrifying moment armed police swarmed the road as he walked to get lunch at a nearby Dirty Burger restaurant.
She said: “We saw loads of police, including armed (police) and also plain clothed (officers) with their faces covered.
“The plain clothed police ran off down the street towards Highbury Corner right as we walked up.
“No one would tell us what was going on under the railway bridge.”
Student journalist Leanne Carr added: “They had cordoned the road off on one side.
“Police vans and three undercover cars turned up as well.”
Leanne Carr wrote on Twitter: “Some serious police action happening on #hollowayroad.
Counter terror detectives have been hunting a suspect for 24 hours and pounced as he walked along the street outside Costa Coffee and Sainbury’s supermarket.
TfL said the road had been closed southbound at the junctions with Tollington Road and Hornsey Road.
Scotland Yard said officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command - backed up by armed colleagues - arrested the 19-year-old in the street in Holloway Road at 12:20pm.
A spokeswoman said: “Officers discharged a TASER during the arrest. No firearms were discharged.
“The 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism acts, under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000. He has been taken to a London police station where he remains in custody.
“The Met and BTP have been working tirelessly since the item was found to follow up all potential leads.
“Officers are keeping an open mind regarding any possible motive. They are not looking for anyone else in relation to this investigation at this stage.”
Extra police patrols - including armed units - have ben deployed on trains and the Tube network across Lodnon following the discovery.
Officers continue to encourage the public to remain vigilant and alert at all times and report anything suspicious to police.
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Mike Oxsaw
3:00 Sun Oct 23
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Little pricks deserve it.
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Me_And_My_Monkey
1:19 Sun Oct 23
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I work in Newton Abbot.
Hedgehogs getting run over still make the papers here.
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Spandex Sidney
3:29 Sat Oct 22
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Teenage tube package in Greenwich? Sounds like Christmas has come early for Peter Tatchell.
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Hasans Fish Bar RIP
2:12 Sat Oct 22
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In THIS country roby
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Stranded
2:07 Sat Oct 22
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No worries. I forgot to post the link when I started the thread, too.
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ray winstone
2:03 Sat Oct 22
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Stranded, my quote was c&p'd from The Mail, soz.
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Roby
1:58 Sat Oct 22
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The Chechen rebels that like blowing themselves and others up in Russia are white.
The Bosnians that the Serbs wiped out were white,
Loads of white Muslims.
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Hasans Fish Bar RIP
1:48 Sat Oct 22
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If he WAS a white convert, and a ginger one to boot, they are the most dangerous. Not really accepted by the brown ones fully, they have more to prove. Probably
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joe royal
1:18 Sat Oct 22
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Ray would've loved it if he was a bacon. Prob take him home in his overpriced taxi FOC as well.
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Stranded
1:14 Sat Oct 22
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ray winstone 9:02
I bet the editor of The Mail was seething when he saw the description of the culprit, well he did have a beard!
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It's from the Standard
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Mike Oxsaw
1:04 Sat Oct 22
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paolo 12:53 Sat Oct 22
Given that once found, they evacuated the area before any explosion, they probably have reasonable cause to make that claim as post evacuation it would only be damage to property (which can be replaced), and probably a minor follow-on inconvenience to a small percentage of the general public.
The best case scenario would be to not have nutters like that cunt at large and able to make a bomb in the first place, but we don't live, yet, in a total big-brother state, so prevention will continue at various stages of any terrorist plot, and, personally, I'd much rather live with that than not live under a government that says we can't solve (stop) everything (act of terrorism) so we won't try and solve (stop) any thing (terrorist act).
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paolo
12:53 Sat Oct 22
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Of course I don't wish it had gone of Mike, it was found by a member of the public. The police did not foil fuck all as they claim.
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Mike Oxsaw
11:53 Sat Oct 22
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LondonE3 11:15 Sat Oct 22
Not been revealed yet, I believe, but you can go check out the next one and report back here before doing anything else.
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LondonE3
11:15 Sat Oct 22
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Was it actually a bomb or just a bag of wires as reported by some?
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Harlow Iron
11:08 Sat Oct 22
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These people are not terrorists. They are people with mental health issues who need help ...... apparently
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1964
10:58 Sat Oct 22
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Don't give a fuck what colour he is, just get the scum off our streets!
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Mike Oxsaw
10:58 Sat Oct 22
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Wish it had gone off and killed dozens of people so you could have had a proper rant do you, paolo?
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ray winstone
10:56 Sat Oct 22
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David L, plenty I'm sure but the editor would much prefer it if he could splash all over the front page a picture of a, you know....
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paolo
10:11 Sat Oct 22
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Ginger Jihadi? They are the easiest to brain wash.
Love how it was the police foiled the plot? The bomb was already on the train you useless pigs. Overpaid tossers our police force.
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David L
9:43 Sat Oct 22
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No White Muslims then Ray?
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Hermit Road
9:14 Sat Oct 22
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Hipster terrorist? Free The Quinoa One.
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