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| Parsons Green bombing: Police still questioning suspects | |
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| Police are continuing to question two men on suspicion of terror offences following Friday's attack on a Tube train in south-west London. | Police are continuing to question two men on suspicion of terror offences following Friday's attack on a Tube train in south-west London. |
| It comes as CCTV images emerged showing a man carrying a Lidl supermarket bag 90 minutes before the bombing. | It comes as CCTV images emerged showing a man carrying a Lidl supermarket bag 90 minutes before the bombing. |
| An 18-year-old and 21-year-old are being held over the explosion, which injured 30 at Parsons Green station. | An 18-year-old and 21-year-old are being held over the explosion, which injured 30 at Parsons Green station. |
| The UK terror threat level has been lowered to severe after being raised to critical, its highest level. | The UK terror threat level has been lowered to severe after being raised to critical, its highest level. |
| On Saturday, the 21-year-old, believed to be Yahyah Farroukh, was arrested in Hounslow, west London and the 18-year-old was detained at Dover port. | |
| Local council leader Ian Harvey said he understood the 18-year-old was an Iraqi orphan who moved to the UK when he was 15 after his parents died. | Local council leader Ian Harvey said he understood the 18-year-old was an Iraqi orphan who moved to the UK when he was 15 after his parents died. |
| Police are searching two addresses in Surrey in connection with the arrests - one in Sunbury-on-Thames and another in Stanwell. | Police are searching two addresses in Surrey in connection with the arrests - one in Sunbury-on-Thames and another in Stanwell. |
| Mr Harvey, who leads Spelthorne Borough Council, told the Press Association it was "widely known" the 21-year-old was a former foster child who had lived at the property being searched in his ward of Sunbury East. | Mr Harvey, who leads Spelthorne Borough Council, told the Press Association it was "widely known" the 21-year-old was a former foster child who had lived at the property being searched in his ward of Sunbury East. |
| A third property in Hounslow has also been searched as part of the investigation, Scotland Yard said. | A third property in Hounslow has also been searched as part of the investigation, Scotland Yard said. |
| The BBC understands it is a Middle Eastern chicken shop called Aladdins in Kingsley Road. | The BBC understands it is a Middle Eastern chicken shop called Aladdins in Kingsley Road. |
| The "severe" terror threat level means an attack is no longer imminent but is still highly likely. | The "severe" terror threat level means an attack is no longer imminent but is still highly likely. |
| Home Secretary Amber Rudd said police had made "good progress" in the investigation and urged "everybody to continue to be vigilant but not alarmed". | Home Secretary Amber Rudd said police had made "good progress" in the investigation and urged "everybody to continue to be vigilant but not alarmed". |
| Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said police had gained a "greater understanding" of how the bomb was prepared but said there was "still much more to do". | Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said police had gained a "greater understanding" of how the bomb was prepared but said there was "still much more to do". |
| Analysis: No 'all clear' yet | Analysis: No 'all clear' yet |
| By BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani | By BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani |
| The lowering of the threat level is an important sign. | The lowering of the threat level is an important sign. |
| It means that intelligence chiefs have looked at the developing picture in the Met's huge operation - and other threads we will never see, from perhaps MI5 and GCHQ - and concluded that detectives now have a good handle on what happened on Friday at Parsons Green. | It means that intelligence chiefs have looked at the developing picture in the Met's huge operation - and other threads we will never see, from perhaps MI5 and GCHQ - and concluded that detectives now have a good handle on what happened on Friday at Parsons Green. |
| Or, to put it another way, the threat level would not have been reduced if anyone within the counter-terrorism network still thought there was a bomber, or accomplices, on the loose. | Or, to put it another way, the threat level would not have been reduced if anyone within the counter-terrorism network still thought there was a bomber, or accomplices, on the loose. |
| This is not the same as an "all clear" - intelligence is only ever fragmentary. | This is not the same as an "all clear" - intelligence is only ever fragmentary. |
| Detectives now appear to have time on their side. | Detectives now appear to have time on their side. |
| Providing they make evidential progress, they could conceivably hold both suspects for up to a fortnight before they have to charge or release them. | Providing they make evidential progress, they could conceivably hold both suspects for up to a fortnight before they have to charge or release them. |
| Speaking to the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Ms Rudd said there was "no evidence" to suggest so-called Islamic State was behind the attack. | Speaking to the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Ms Rudd said there was "no evidence" to suggest so-called Islamic State was behind the attack. |
| "But as this unfolds and as we do our investigations, we will make sure we find out how he was radicalised if we can," she said. | "But as this unfolds and as we do our investigations, we will make sure we find out how he was radicalised if we can," she said. |
| Thirty people were injured - most suffering from "flash burns" - when a bomb was detonated on a Tube carriage at Parsons Green station. | Thirty people were injured - most suffering from "flash burns" - when a bomb was detonated on a Tube carriage at Parsons Green station. |
| The house being searched in Sunbury-on-Thames belongs to a married couple known for fostering hundreds of children, including refugees. | The house being searched in Sunbury-on-Thames belongs to a married couple known for fostering hundreds of children, including refugees. |
| Ronald Jones, 88, and Penelope Jones, 71 were rewarded for their service to children when they were made MBEs in 2010. | Ronald Jones, 88, and Penelope Jones, 71 were rewarded for their service to children when they were made MBEs in 2010. |
| The couple are said to be staying with friends following the police raid, during which surrounding houses were evacuated. | The couple are said to be staying with friends following the police raid, during which surrounding houses were evacuated. |
| Friend Alison Griffiths said the couple had an 18-year-old and a 22-year-old staying with them recently. | Friend Alison Griffiths said the couple had an 18-year-old and a 22-year-old staying with them recently. |
| She described Mr and Mrs Jones as "great pillars of the community", adding: "They do a job that not many people do." | She described Mr and Mrs Jones as "great pillars of the community", adding: "They do a job that not many people do." |
| Police have urged anyone with information to contact them and to upload pictures and video to the website www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk or to call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321. | Police have urged anyone with information to contact them and to upload pictures and video to the website www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk or to call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321. |
| Did you witness the arrest in Hounslow? Share your pictures, video and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Did you witness the arrest in Hounslow? Share your pictures, video and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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