Sunday, July 22, 2012

The man was arrested after armed siege in London

London (AP) — police and officers armed snipers heavily put several blocks of Central London shopping lockdown Friday after a man apparently armed with tear gas, and threatened to blow up the building into offices.

Police said a man aged 49, was arrested hours after a stand off with police training, the advantage near to London's Tottenham Court Road offering tests for truck drivers.

A green khaki pants combination was captive lead out his hands behind his back by two unarmed policemen. Armed officers followed me.

The British media claimed that the man held captive people, but police said they were "not aware of all the hostages." police and security incident was not related to terrorism said, without the risk of future Olympics in summer 2012.

Smashed office equipment — computer monitors, hard drives, files and papers — the pavement in front of the Court inspect were Tottenham 179 road, where officers continued to stand guard after a draw.

Employee benefit the hpington post identified the suspect interviewed by Lilian Gilman as a former client, said to him, come on bcilindrim that "gasoline."

"Basically he threatened to blow up the office," Abby Baafi, 27, said the news site.

Police refused to say if he were armed he in any way.

Hpington editor United Kingdom post Associated Press offices Buzasi Carla said her organization shared the home with a fire escape, Shropshire which centred. She said the two men ran into the offices of the companies when the suspect arrived, sending "a ripple of panic" over the news.

Hpington post offices were one of a number of buildings in the area evacuated as police with riot gear and heavy weapons into position. Several blocks were vbptho, the stations were closed as the Office equipment was the fifth floor window chucked.

"He threw 10 computers, said the 26 year-old, Martynas Vristiuk, adding that building one landed on a police car computers.

Three-hour-long siege has been usually bustling Tottenham Court Road. The motive behind a draw was not clear. The police commander, who gave a statement MAK Chishty after his arrest, the suspect and said the event was only ????"?????" over "local" interest enough.

A message on the phone with an advantage not returned immediately.

"This was an isolated case and has no effect at all on the security preparations ahead of the summer games," said the official on condition of anonymity, the British security because of the sensitivity of the his work.

More than an hour after his arrest, police cordoned off sidewalks remains as investigated and recorded evidence.

Shannon Roberts, 18, went to a place immediately after she heard the news of this event was launched. She said she had seen armed officers along the street, at one point it appeared they had someone out their arms.

With armed police everywhere, "he looks like riots in London again," she said.

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Satter, Raphael, Bell Fergus Paisley Dodds contributed to this report.


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