Two more people arrested over Parsons Green Tube bomb

Tube bomb: Police at the scene in Jeffrey Street in Newport as two more men have been arrested in connection with the Parsons Green terror attack
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Sean Morrison @seanmorrison_20 September 2017
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Two more men have been arrested in connection with the Parsons Green bombing, with the total rising to five, Scotland Yard said.

Men aged 30 and 48 were detained during a raid by counter-terrorism officers at a home in Newport, South Wales at around 5.10am on Wednesday.

A third man, 25, who was arrested at a separate address in Newport shortly after 7pm on Tuesday, and two other suspects who were detained on Saturday remain in custody.

The arrests come after 30 people were injured when a homemade bomb in a Lidl bag exploded on a packed District Line Tube train on Friday morning.

Police swoop: A 48-year-old man and a 30-year-old man have been arrested
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Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Met Counter Terrorism Command, said: "This continues to be a fast-moving investigation.

"A significant amount of activity has taken place since the attack on Friday. We now have five men in custody and searches are continuing at four addresses.

"Detectives are carrying out extensive inquiries to determine the full facts behind the attack.

"We anticipate that the searches will take some days to complete and may cause further disruption. However, it is important that we continue with these searches and I'd like to thank all those affected for their support, patience and cooperation."

The latest raids were carried out by the Met Counter Terrorism Command, assisted by Gwent Police and the Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (Wectu) and both addresses in the town were being searched on Wednesday.

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Detectives had already been granted more time to question two suspects, Yahyah Farroukh, 21, and an 18-year-old man, over Friday morning's bomb attack on a London Underground train, which injured 30.

CCTV footage emerged appearing to show the 18-year-old suspect on his way to plant his homemade device.

The video shows a figure dressed in grey carrying a distinctive white Lidl carrier bag outside Ecco La Vera pizzeria in Vicarage Road in Sunbury-on-Thames around 80 minutes before the explosion.

There were claims today that the teenage suspect was reported to the counter terrorism strategy Prevent in the months before the attack.

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