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Arrest made after 2 bombs found in London flat | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A 48-year-old man has been arrested by counter-terrorism police, following the discovery of two improvised explosive devices at an address in Harlesden, northwest London. | |
The Metropolitan police said that the suspect who remains in custody in a South London police station is not believed to have any links to any terrorist organization. | |
Following the discovery of the bombs at the empty residence on Craven Park on Wednesday morning, nearby flats were evacuated and specialist officers arrived at the scene. | Following the discovery of the bombs at the empty residence on Craven Park on Wednesday morning, nearby flats were evacuated and specialist officers arrived at the scene. |
"Initial assessment was that they were both improvised explosive devices (IEDs). | "Initial assessment was that they were both improvised explosive devices (IEDs). |
"The two devices were subsequently made safe and recovered from the flat and are now undergoing further forensic examination," the Met stated in a press release. | |
Locals and news organizations shared photos of the police operation. | |
Ahead of the the arrest, chief superintendent Simon Rose stated: "The next stage is to investigate how and why the two devices came to be in this flat. | |
"The public’s safety is our top priority, and I would like to pay tribute to the specialist officers who attended and were able to safely recover the devices. | |
"I also want to reassure the local community that we have carried out precautionary searches in the surrounding area to make sure there was nothing else of a similar nature nearby.” | |
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