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| UK police arrest terror suspect, conduct controlled blast |
| 2008-04-19 |
| Police carried out a controlled explosion in the southwestern city of Bristol early Friday, following the arrest of a 19-year-old man the day before under Britain's Terrorism Act, officials said. The suspect remained in custody, and material from the blast was retrieved for analysis, police said. "During yesterday and overnight, Avon and Somerset Constabulary have been co-ordinating a number of covert inquiries," said Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Roberts. "As a result, a 19-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon under the Terrorism Act 2000. He has been taken to a police station within the force area and a warrant was executed to search his home in the Westbury-on-Trym area. "A number of people were evacuated from neighboring homes as a precaution, and just after 2 am this the morning the Explosives Ordnance Disposal Team conducted a controlled explosion at the location." Roberts added that "this is likely to be a prolonged, complex and sensitive inquiry which may take some time." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Thanks, tipper. The fat teenager with the pathetic beard, whose daddy is a rich doctor, lives in a council flat? Who was stupid enough to sign off for that? I note that the man in the flat below is a Porsche salesman. Does rental property insurance cover controlled explosions when a juvenile terrorist is involved? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-19 21:51 |
| #12 "He originally turned down the property, telling council officials that he didn't want to live in a white middle class area," the source said. "But changed his mind and moved in on February 4." Once his |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-04-19 19:43 |
| #11 How do his parents and the landlord (or the bank) feel about their house being blown up, however controlled the explosion? It's a council flat i.e. welfare housing, tw. "Before moving in to the council flat in Comb Paddock, Mr Ibrahim had been living in a hostel for the homeless in central Bristol. A source familiar with the investigation said he had moved into the red-brick terraced property only two months ago. "He originally turned down the property, telling council officials that he didn't want to live in a white middle class area," the source said. "But changed his mind and moved in on February 4." |
| Posted by: tipper 2008-04-19 19:28 |
| #10 Or it's too unstable to carry away, c.f. TATP = "Mother of Satan". Fave of the British radical Muslims on the evidence of the 2005 London bombing and several disrupted plots are any indication. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-04-19 19:12 |
| #9 Three controlled explosions? Methinks that whatever he's using either is NOT explosive, or is damn hard to set off. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-04-19 14:00 |
| #8 The article at Ryuge's link now says THIRD controlled explosion. The kid must have had a factory going! |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-04-19 13:41 |
| #7 I'm gonna kick his ass if he ever gets outta prison. |
| Posted by: Andrews Dad 2008-04-19 08:19 |
| #6 How do his parents and the landlord (or the bank) feel about their house being blown up, however controlled the explosion? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-19 08:03 |
| #5 Nothing to see here. It's all taken care of except for the paperwork. Let's have tea. |
| Posted by: George Smiley 2008-04-19 07:28 |
| #4 Which came first, his conversion to Islam or his love of bombs? Did he play with explosives because he became Muslim or did he become Muslim because it legitimized his bombophilia? Are explosives the hook (so to speak) to lure young British men to the mosques? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-04-19 07:11 |
| #3 Second blast at terror suspect home |
| Posted by: ryuge 2008-04-19 05:58 |
| #2 "Sky sources say is Andrew Ibrahim" I just don't know what we're going to do about those pesky Quakers.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-19 01:34 |
| #1 From Skynews Officers from the Explosives Ordnance Disposal team returned to the quiet cul-de-sac in Westbury-on-Trym on Friday night after detectives were granted seven days to hold a 19-year-old terror suspect, who Sky sources say is Andrew Ibrahim. The teenager, who was understood to have recently converted to Islam, was arrested after covert inquiries prompted by an intelligence |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Glock4046 2008-04-19 01:29 |