Would Be Suicide Bomber Arrested After Explosion - Giraffe Restaurant
Posted: 22 May 2008 10:25 PM CDT
A man arrested after an explosion at an Exeter restaurant has “a history of mental illness” and was a recent convert to Islam, police have said.
Nicky Reilly, 22, from Plymouth, suffered serious facial injuries when a device detonated at the Princesshay shopping centre in the city.
He is now in police custody in hospital and officers have also searched an address linked to him in Plymouth.
Anti-terror police and security services are assisting the inquiry.
Mr Reilly was arrested after the explosion at 1250 BST on Thursday in the Giraffe restaurant in the £230m shopping development, which is one of Exeter’s main attractions.
CCTV footage taken from a nearby camera appears to show him emerging from the cafe with blood pouring down his face before his arrest.
No-one else was hurt in the explosion at the restaurant, which was busy at the time and is popular with families.
Another device, which did not go off, was found outside the premises.
After the incident, officers evacuated the city’s bus station - which is about half a mile away - and extended an exclusion cordon 100 metres around the scene. However, police have now re-opened the city centre though Giraffe remains closed.
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Radioactive Waste Containers Had Filters Removed - Idaho National Laboratory
Posted: 23 May 2008 02:32 AM CDT
A U.S. Department of Energy investigation into the removal and discarding of filters from eight drums containing radioactive waste at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility has determined that the incident was not an act of sabotage.
However, officials offered no explanation as to why an employee removed the filters, creating the potential for contaminating other workers.
The company responsible for processing the nuclear waste, Bechtel BWXT Idaho, said an employee confessed to removing the filters, according to Bechtel spokesman Rick Dale.
Officials have refused to identify the individual, who no longer works at the facility.
No one was contaminated, the company said.
Bechtel immediately increased security after the April 9 incident was discovered.
Those procedures included requiring permission from management before employees could enter the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project facility at the Idaho National Laboratory, an 890-square-mile federal nuclear research area.
Once inside, the company also required employees to maintain visual contact with each other. Those precautions have since been discontinued.
The precautions were put in place according to two internal company memos obtained by the Post Register, one sent to Bechtel employees on April 10 and another on April 14.
“I cannot overstate the seriousness of this incident,” Bechtel President and General Manager Jeff Mousseau wrote in the April 10 memo. “Whether deliberate or an accident, had there been a release of radioactivity from these drums, the people who would have been exposed to potential contamination would have been our fellow workers.”
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White Powder Sends 8 to Hospital in California Post Office Scare
Posted: 23 May 2008 02:01 AM CDT
Los Angeles County fire officials said eight people were taken to hospitals to be examined after being exposed to an unidentified white powder at a post office in Pomona.
Inspector Ron Haralson said authorities were called to the post office around 10:15 a.m. Thursday. He said eight people on the loading dock complained of skin irritation after handling a brown envelope containing the powder.
They were taken to hospitals in good condition.
A hazardous materials squad was sent to the scene but the post office was not evacuated.
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Major Terror Attack Averted In India - Police Search For Hidden RDX
Posted: 23 May 2008 02:01 AM CDT
With the arrest of a Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) militant and seizure of explosives, Delhi Police Thursday claimed to have averted a major terrorist strike in the capital, but they still have no clue of seven kg of RDX buried somewhere in the city.
RDX is an explosive widely used in military and industrial applications.
Sleuths of Delhi Police Special Cell arrested Abdur Rehman from the New Delhi Railway station Wednesday night. Following his interrogation, they recovered 3.1 kg of RDX, five detonators and one timer device buried near a mosque in D Block of Janakpuri area in west Delhi.
Rehman told the police that Nata, a commander of the Bangladesh-based HuJI, had handed him 3.1 kg of RDX in January 2007 near a mosque at Dabri in southwest Delhi to carry out explosions in the capital.
He said Nata also gave seven kg of RDX to ‘Rocky’, whom he doesn’t know, for the same task.
Police Special Cell sources said they were trying to trace two HuJI militants who are active in the capital.
“We don’t know anything about Rocky yet. The remaining seven kg of RDX could be anywhere in the capital or outside. We have no clue,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh said.
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Blair Jet Faced Israeli Warplanes After Failing To Identify Themselves
Posted: 22 May 2008 11:55 PM CDT
Israeli fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept a jet carrying former UK prime minister Tony Blair after its crew failed to identify themselves.
Aircrew used the radio to explain who they were after the two warplanes adopted an attack position, prompting them to peel off and return to base.
Mr Blair was en route to Israel from a World Economic Forum meeting at Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt on Wednesday.
He is the Middle East envoy for the Quartet of major powers.
Mr Blair has been in the role for the last 11 months.
A spokesman for the former prime minister said: “Mr Blair was one of a number of delegates on a flight back from the World Economic Forum in Sharm El Sheikh.
“We were not aware of any problem at the time, and have not been notified of any issue with the flight.”
Israel’s air defence system is one of the strictest in the world and warplanes are often scrambled for false alarms.
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Supporters In Tears After Terror Suspect Denied Bail - Canada
Posted: 22 May 2008 11:03 PM CDT
Dozens of supporters of Saad Gaya left a Brampton courtroom in tears yesterday after the 20-year-old terrorism suspect was denied bail and sent back to prison to await trial.
Gaya was arrested as part of an alleged “homegrown” terrorism cell that police say was dismantled in June 2006 with the arrest of 14 adults and four youths.
The group plotted to bomb downtown Toronto targets, including the office of Canada’s spy service, as well as a military base north of the city, the allegations state.
Two police moles who infiltrated the group are expected to be key witnesses at the trial. Defence lawyers say the men were encouraged to plan the assault by the agents, while the Crown maintains it was effective undercover work that stopped a terrorist attack.
In the two years since the dramatic arrests, the group has come to be known as the “Toronto 18″ and attracted a following of grassroots protesters, including one group called the “Presumption of Innocence Project.”
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