British terrorist Pawned

From Metropolitan Police Briefing (0715 EDT): ( Stolen from :http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/)

Peter Clarke, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Scotland Yard:

1) Incident began with notification from an ambulance crew of a parked car (pic) suspiciously emitting smoke. Ambulance crew had responded to a different emergency.


Paradigm Intel:
Smoke, indicates the detonator malfunctioned it burned instead of exploding, old or cracked, someone sold them defective detonators.....
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2) Police investigated and found cans of gasoline, propane gas canisters, and a large number of nuts and bolts. Police called explosives officers.

3) Explosives officers manually disarmed the device. Area cordoned off. Vehicle impounded.

4) Target not known. Peter Clarke stated that they had no counterterrorism intelligence prior to the incident.

5) Metro Police is appealing to the public for information.

Metro Police continue to investigate. Notably, a large quantity of CCTV footage is being reviewed.

In a followup report, a security source said the operating mechanism in the explosive device is similar to IED's found in Iraq.