Bomber Threatens in UK

Islamic Terrorist(?)

Or Just a "Normal" Bomber?

UPDATE: Police have arrested one man . . More soon.

Police said: "We have made an arrest. A man has been arrested and a search of the buildings is underway. The cordon around the area will be removed in due course. There are no indications of hostages involved."

The Huffington Post UK building has been evacuated after a man reportedly wearing a gas canister threatened to blow himself up in the adjoining building.

Tottenham Court Road has been cordoned off.

Armed police are attending the scene and police have sent a hostage negotiator, however police say it is unclear if there are any hostages with the man, reported to be 50-year-old Michael Green.

Police did not confirm or deny there were any snipers at the scene, saying: "It's not a matter than we ever discuss but we always deploy appropriate police resources to any incident."

People near the scene have reported shots being fired -

computers and equipment thrown out the windows of the office block.

According to Abby Baafi, 27, the head of training and operations at a company in the building, she said the man targeted her offices and was currently holding four men hostage.

She told the reporters: "He just turned up, strapped up in gasoline, gasoline cylinders.

Basically he threatened to blow up the offices. Says he doesn't care about his life, doesn't care about anything."

"He was specifically looking for me but I said 'My name's not Abby' and he let me go."

Reports from the scene suggest buildings as far as two streets away have been evacuated, including UCH's Macmillan Cancer Centre.

Sarah O'Meara, who works for the Huffington Post, said they evacuated their offices in nearby Capper Street after being alerted by a woman who ran into the building.

"A woman ran in off the street saying 'There is a guy with a bomb and he is threatening to blow himself up' and that we needed to evacuate," she said.

"Everyone got out.

"The police have been moving people back street by street. It is now at Grafton Way."

UPDATES - -

Police said, "We have made an arrest. (the) man has been arrested and a search of buildings (is) underway. The cordon around the area will be removed in due course. There are no indications of hostages involved"

Metpolice UK - "We have arrested a man at Tottenham Court Rd. A search of the building is underway. Further details as they come in..

Sky News reports "man has been arrested" (in this case)

PA - Rajesh Kalia, of Goodge Law solicitors, who works two floors below where the incident was unfolding in Shropshire House, relives the drama:

The lawyer says, "We were in the office and suddenly we were told by police there was some problem in the building and they asked us to evacuate immediately."

"Police were very clear about the instructions. There was no panic or anything but they were very firm and go everybody out of the building very, very quickly.

"I overheard someone say that there was a man in there with some wires coming out of his jacket."

"Now, I don't know how much of that is true, but that's the impression they gave us."

"They mentioned something about a flame-thrower, the jacket with the wires coming out of it, and that's about it."

"We're two floors below where this is happening."

"We heard some shouting in the stairwell and then were asked to leave by the police. So I think the police got there pretty quick."

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