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Parsons Green bombing: Police still questioning suspects 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 person carrying a Lidl supermarket bag 90 minutes before the bombing.It comes as CCTV images emerged showing a person 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. A Lidl-branded bag was used to transport an improvised explosive device, which injured 30 people at Parsons Green station.
The UK terror threat level has been lowered to severe after being raised to critical, its highest level. An 18-year-old and 21-year-old are being held over the explosion.
On Saturday, the 21-year-old, believed to be Syrian-born Yahyah Farroukh, was arrested in Hounslow, west London, and the 18-year-old was detained at Dover port. The 18-year-old was detained at Dover port in Kent on Saturday, and is thought to be an Iraqi orphan who moved to the UK aged 15 when 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. Map of events
Police are searching two addresses in Surrey in connection with the arrests - one in Sunbury-on-Thames and another in Stanwell, near Heathrow airport. A 21-year-old man, believed to be Syrian-born Yahyah Farroukh, was also arrested on Saturday in Hounslow, west London, and his house in Stanwell, near Heathrow airport, is being searched.
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. Police are also searching another house owned by two foster parents in Sunbury-on-Thames.
ITV News has obtained CCTV footage showing a person leaving the property in Sunbury carrying a Lidl bag at 6.50am on Friday morning. Ronald Jones, 88, and Penelope Jones, 71, fostered hundreds of children, including refugees.
At 8.20am, a device exploded on a District Line train. Investigators said the 18-year-old detained in Dover was "connected" to the address in Sunbury.
Mr Farroukh is believed to have been in the UK for at least four years and is understood to be living at the Stanwell address. The 21-year-old was a former foster child who had lived in the Jones's house in Sunbury, local council leader Ian Harvey said.
Neighbours there have told the BBC he was a "friendly" and "chatty" young man who had been visited by family from Scotland. Mr and Mrs Jones were made MBEs for services to children in 2010, and friend Alison Griffiths said the couple had an 18-year-old and a 22-year-old staying with them recently.
A third property in Hounslow has also been searched as part of the investigation, Scotland Yard said. She said the couple were "great pillars of the community", adding: "They do a job that not many people do."
The BBC understands it is a Middle Eastern chicken shop called Aladdins in Kingsley Road. ITV News has obtained CCTV footage showing a person leaving the property in Sunbury carrying a Lidl bag at 06.50 on Friday morning.
Mr Farroukh, who learned English at West Thames College between 2013 and 2015, was arrested outside the shop after working a shift there. A manager confirmed he had been a member of staff for a number of months. At 08.20, a device exploded on a District Line train.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said police had made "good progress" in the investigation and urged "everybody to continue to be vigilant but not alarmed". Mr Farroukh is believed to have been in the UK for at least four years and learned English at West Thames College between 2013 and 2015.
The "severe" terror threat level means an attack is no longer imminent but is still highly likely. Neighbours told the BBC he was a "friendly" and "chatty" young man who had been visited by family from Scotland.
Police also searched the Aladdins chicken shop in Hounslow, where Mr Farroukh was arrested. A manager confirmed he had worked at the Kingsley Road shop for a number of months.
Shop owner Suleman Sarwar said police searched lockers on the premises. He added: "We didn't know him very well.
"He was quite quiet, he just worked over here and that was it."
The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said while there was "no evidence" to confirm Islamic State's involvement, work was being done to find out how the attacker was radicalised.
The UK's terror threat level was raised to critical - its highest level - immediately after the attack, but it was lowered back to severe after the police arrests.
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
By BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Jack Durston was on the Tube train where the bomb went off on Friday and he said: "There was a big sort of wall of fire, the whole width of the carriage, moving towards us very fast.
Ronald Jones, 88, and Penelope Jones, 71 were rewarded for their service to children when they were made MBEs in 2010. "My instinct was to just run. And I ran away from the fire and out the door."
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.
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.
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