A 39 year old man was arrested at Blackpool airport yesterday after smuggling a gun onboard a Ryanair flight. He has since been released on bail.
The firearm and ammunition was contained in the man's luggage.
Police recieved a tip-off about the incident and went to the airport ready to meet the flight from Gerona Spain.
Police have said that the man isn't thought to be a terroist and that he wasn't smuggling the gun for anyone else.
“The man has been questioned by officers and released on police bail pending further enquiries,” a police spokesman said.
“At this stage officers are not treating the incident as terrorist related, nor do we believe the gun was intended to be passed on to anyone else.”
Begs the old question again whether safety is being compromised for money, how was the gun not picked up before boarding the flight! Are security checks lapsing again?
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Saturday, 22 September 2007
Thursday, 6 September 2007
Frankfurt Airport Threat
Three Islamic extremists were put under arrest last night after a plot to ram massive car boms into Frankfurt airport was foiled.
The result had the plan gone ahead would have killed hundreds. The two German converts to Islam and a Turk were in a plan together to unleash several homemade bombs in what would have been Europe's biggest deadly attack.
George Bush was informed on the intended attack and said he was "pleased a potential attack was thwarted".
The three arrested are said to have attended terroist camps in Pakistan and Germany is still exercising vigilance as the country still remains under possible threat. The investigation of the suspects had been going on for 6 months.
In police interviews the plotters said they were prepared to die in order to become a matyr.
All details of the attack had not yet been finalised but the US military base in Ramstein and Frankfurt airport were possible targets. All was driven by a hatred of American citizens.
"The group, which is influenced by al-Qa'eda, set up a German cell in the winter of 2006 with the goal of finding recruits here to carry out attacks," said Monika Harms, a federal prosecutor.
The attack was in the final stages of planning and could have come on America's 6 year anniversary of 9/11.
"They were planning massive attacks," said Miss Harms.
As police moved in on the house the suspects were in to make arrests one of them were informed of the raid and tried to bolt through the bathroom window. Once out the house he pinched a pistol off one of the officers where a struggle took place and the officer was lightly injured.
Head of Germany's Federal Crime Office yesterday said that plot would have caused more carnage than the 2004 Madrid train bomb which killed 191 people due to the amount of hydrogen peroxide to be used.
"This would have enabled them to make bombs with more explosive power than the ones used in the London and Madrid bombings," he said.
The UK and Spain have been victims of bomb plots yet Germany up to date have not been affected by successful plots. Last year they did foil a planned attack when 2 Lebanese men tried to set off suitcase bombs on commuter trains.
This plot has been seen as a warning to German presence in Afghanistan and there will be a decision whether to extend the country's mission there or not.
All security around airports and embassy buildings has been stepped up incase of another attack.
The result had the plan gone ahead would have killed hundreds. The two German converts to Islam and a Turk were in a plan together to unleash several homemade bombs in what would have been Europe's biggest deadly attack.
George Bush was informed on the intended attack and said he was "pleased a potential attack was thwarted".
The three arrested are said to have attended terroist camps in Pakistan and Germany is still exercising vigilance as the country still remains under possible threat. The investigation of the suspects had been going on for 6 months.
In police interviews the plotters said they were prepared to die in order to become a matyr.
All details of the attack had not yet been finalised but the US military base in Ramstein and Frankfurt airport were possible targets. All was driven by a hatred of American citizens.
"The group, which is influenced by al-Qa'eda, set up a German cell in the winter of 2006 with the goal of finding recruits here to carry out attacks," said Monika Harms, a federal prosecutor.
The attack was in the final stages of planning and could have come on America's 6 year anniversary of 9/11.
"They were planning massive attacks," said Miss Harms.
As police moved in on the house the suspects were in to make arrests one of them were informed of the raid and tried to bolt through the bathroom window. Once out the house he pinched a pistol off one of the officers where a struggle took place and the officer was lightly injured.
Head of Germany's Federal Crime Office yesterday said that plot would have caused more carnage than the 2004 Madrid train bomb which killed 191 people due to the amount of hydrogen peroxide to be used.
"This would have enabled them to make bombs with more explosive power than the ones used in the London and Madrid bombings," he said.
The UK and Spain have been victims of bomb plots yet Germany up to date have not been affected by successful plots. Last year they did foil a planned attack when 2 Lebanese men tried to set off suitcase bombs on commuter trains.
This plot has been seen as a warning to German presence in Afghanistan and there will be a decision whether to extend the country's mission there or not.
All security around airports and embassy buildings has been stepped up incase of another attack.
Friday, 3 August 2007
Glasgow Airport bomber dies from injuries.
On June 30th this year a Jeep loaded with explosives was deliberately crashed into the departures lounge at Glasgow Airport.
Today the man responsible, Kafeel Ahmed died from serious burn injuries. He had been in hospital for a month whereas his partner in crime Bilal Abdullah has been charged with conspiring to set off explosive materials.
"We can confirm that the man seriously injured during the course of the incident at Glasgow Airport on Saturday June 30 has died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary," said a spokesman for Strathclyde Police.
Ahmed originally from Bangalore had been burnt on 90% of his body; he never came round from his coma and was kept under armed guard.
His brother Sabeel Ahmed has also been arrested in Liverpool charged with withholding information that could have prevented an act of terrorism. Another doctor Jamil Asha is the third man also being charged with the failed plot.
As with all the suspects in this case, Kafeel was working as a medical worker yet Indian officials have contradicted this saying he was an engineer with a doctorate in design and technology.
Today the man responsible, Kafeel Ahmed died from serious burn injuries. He had been in hospital for a month whereas his partner in crime Bilal Abdullah has been charged with conspiring to set off explosive materials.
"We can confirm that the man seriously injured during the course of the incident at Glasgow Airport on Saturday June 30 has died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary," said a spokesman for Strathclyde Police.
Ahmed originally from Bangalore had been burnt on 90% of his body; he never came round from his coma and was kept under armed guard.
His brother Sabeel Ahmed has also been arrested in Liverpool charged with withholding information that could have prevented an act of terrorism. Another doctor Jamil Asha is the third man also being charged with the failed plot.
As with all the suspects in this case, Kafeel was working as a medical worker yet Indian officials have contradicted this saying he was an engineer with a doctorate in design and technology.
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