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London alert (updated)- Cop risked life to defuse bomb MIL/MEN, Jun 30, 2007. London: June 30, 2007 (Satuday) – A sharp minded policeman not caring for his life defused the London car bomb which could have killed hundreds of people and that would have been one of the worst terrorist attacks. Even though the bomb was found by chance, the alert cop immediately disconnected the mobile intended to trigger the device kept outside a nightclub and Scotland Yard has confirmed it. Mobiles have been used to detonate bombs in Iraq, Ireland, Indonesia and in other terrorist atrocities such as the 2004 Madrid bombings. Hundreds of late-night revellers are feared to have been the target of the London bomb. Senior police officers said the car would have caused `carnage' if it had exploded. The bomb was only discovered when a passing ambulance crew noticed strange fumes coming from the car. An international manhunt is under way for the driver who left it outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub in the heart of the West End. The club is close to celebrity haunts such as Chinawhite and just yards from Piccadilly Circus. The paramedics were on an unrelated emergency call when they saw what appeared to be smoke coming from a parked Mercedes saloon in the Haymarket. The streets would have been extremely busy at that time with revellers from the many popular nightspots. Police were called and evacuated the nightclub and surrounding streets before bomb squad officers arrived and completely defused the device by hand. The smoke is believed to have been vapour released from at least 60 litres of petrol held inside the car. The failed car bombing carries chilling echoes of explosions in Iraq and Israel, where similar crude devices have killed hundreds. Analysts said the timing, close to the anniversary of the July 7 bombings and soon after Gordon Brown entered Number 10, may also be significant.
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