Nightclubs across Britain were warned they could be terrorist targets just days before yesterdayÂ’s attempted double car-bomb attack in London, The Times has learnt.
| The drama came as it emerged that a 53-page document alerting businesses to the threat posed by VBIEDs had been issued to police two weeks ago. |
The drama came as it emerged that a 53-page document alerting businesses to the threat posed by VBIEDs — vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices — had been issued to police two weeks ago. It had been passed on to the Tiger Tiger club only a few days before yesterday’s events.
The incident also appeared to be foreshadowed by a posting on an internet forum used by terrorists, saying: “Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah. London will be bombed.”
Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, gave warning recently that car and lorry bombs were “the greatest danger” facing Britain. |