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A 29-YEAR-old man arrested following a suspected terror attack in London yesterday remains in custody as officers attempt to piece together the lead-up to the incident.
The man, who is a UK national originally from Sudan, was arrested at the scene by armed officers.
He was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, under section 41 of the Terrorism Act (TACT) 2000, and detained under TACT. He was further arrested for attempted murder.
Police officers have concluded their searches of two addresses in Birmingham and another in Nottingham. They continue to search a third address in Birmingham.
At 7.37am on 14 August, a silver Ford Fiesta collided with cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament.
A man and a woman were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and have now both been discharged. Another man was also treated at the scene.
A Met spokesman said: “We are satisfied that we know the identity of the arrested man. The priority of the investigation team continues to be to understand the motivation behind this incident. Detectives have today released images of the Fiesta involved, as they appeal for public assistance to identify its movements in the hours leading up to the incident.”
The privately-owned Fiesta travelled from Birmingham to London late on Monday night, arriving in the London area just after midnight.
The car was in the Tottenham Court Road area from around 1.25am until 5.55am. It was then driven around the Westminster and Whitehall area from approximately 6am and stayed in this area until the time of the incident.
“At this early stage, there is no intelligence of further danger to Londoners or the rest of the UK in connection with this incident. In addition, Project Servator officers, who have specialist skills to recognise tell-tale signs that that someone may be in an area for terrorist or other criminal purposes have been deployed in Westminster,” the spokesman added.
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The most interesting thing I heard today was Peter Mandelson being interviewed with Nigel Lawson on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme. He said that he only met her once after he was appointed Secretary for Northern Ireland.
She came up to him and said “You cannot trust the Irish. They are all liars. Just do not forget it.”
If true it says a lot about Thatcher. I say if true, after all it was Peter Mandelson.
If she was referring to the politicians (most likely as they were the only irish she would have dealt with), could anyone disagree?
In the same interview, he also said
“Lord Mandelson, one of the central architects of New Labour, has criticised the scale of the funeral but accepted the Iron Lady “reframed British politics”.
“I think what she was right to do was to bring home to us the reality that Britain could not afford rampant inflation, that state monopolies needed commercialising, that personal tax rates were too high and that enterprise was too unrewarding,” he said.
“She was also right to argue that deregulation can be a valuable spur to innovation and efficiency and of course she tackled what was then a very disruptive and irresponsible trade union culture.
“But the truth is also that in cutting back the state necessarily, she overlooked what the state can also do successfully.”
She was referring to Haughey and his ilk. To suggest CJH was untrustworthy. God forbid!
We’ve all made our opinions one way or another over the week. Time to move on….she gone!
No but her policies are more alive than ever. Thats what i think most people have an issue with.
Agreed, but she’s gone..
man, cameron has a beor of a wife
Ye would never think she’s had four kids….homina homina.
My hate for her has died with her.
Seemed pretty dignified to me
A charade foisted on the British people. A unique opportunity for the Establishment to exert their authority over the common man. The usual plethora of people dressed in funny hats, wigs and medieval garb. It seemed fitting that the chief mourner was a convicted criminal and the church had the required smattering of right wing politicians, homophobics and reactionaries. Wonder what the old queen said to Philip as the coffin passed her by? She didn’t seem too happy with the whole shebang. Anyway, as someone said above, it’s over and as the incumbent government has not experienced the Thatcher bounce, hopefully Thatcherism, which has blighted so many people’s lives has heard its death knell.
We’ve literally heard the death knell but Cameron and his cohorts are attempting to outdo her.
Surely the best way to protest the iron lady’s funeral would be to show up with a giant magnet?
Yeeeeeugh – a monster.
A who’s who of war criminals and tyrants attended. Solve a lot of the worlds problems by sending half of the people there with her.
They can’t all be like sunshine and ice cream like El Comandante Hugo Chavez now can they?
Chavez a war criminal amd tyrant?? Good one. Come back 2 me when u know what the f**k ur talking about.
300,000 dead people. He killed them. The man was a tyrant.
Explain how he killed 300,000 people ?
You should say PINOCHET instead
I think the initial hype of the hatred towards her has faded during the week and these “rot in hell” people have become tiresome. She’s dead and that it end if story!
Margaret Thatcher is dead,when did this happen ???
Everyone will come, everyone will come
To her funeral to make sure that she stays dead
Everyone will come, everyone will come
To her funeral to make sure that she stays dead, dead DEAD
(Marilyn Manson – Rusted Horses )
Does anybody know who was invitied from Ireland?
Ruairí Quinn I think….
Go dté tú Slán
“There was twice as many security as mourners with some 4,000 police officers deployed at the event”
250,000 people turned out to mourn and pay their respects [ plus a handful of misfits].
The unattended crowd barriers (photo 2) would remind you of a certain other individual’s funeral…. closer to home?? Maybe they’ll be comparing turnout figures tonight…
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