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| Jayx1 |
It just happened. Apparently two guys drove a jeep full of explosives into the terminal. The car is on fire but didnt explode.
Crazy!! |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Burning Car In Airport Terminal
Updated: 16:32, Saturday June 30, 2007
A jeep has driven into the terminal building at Glasgow airport and caught fire, police have confirmed.
Witnesses reported hearing a series of loud "bangs" and saw at least two men - one of whom was on fire - emerge from the vehicle.
The sceneIt is thought a Cherokee 4x4 smashed into a glass door at the airport, the busiest in Scotland.
Witnesses said people removed gas cylinders from the jeep before it caught fire.
Police say it is too early to say whether the incident - which comes after failed car bomb attacks in London - was related to terrorism.
Police, fire crews and ambulances are at the scene.
Holidaymaker Stephen Clarkson said he knocked one of the men to the floor before police intervened.
He said: "There was an Asian male. He was lying on the floor and he was on fire, the Jeep was on fire as well. |
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| MissM |
| Watching CNN now...crazy . |
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| exstasie |
| Jay beat me to it!! :eek: |
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| magikb |
| Was there not something about a bomb going off in the Ibiza Airport this morning as well??? |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by magikb
Was there not something about a bomb going off in the Ibiza Airport this morning as well??? |
Bomb scare prompts evacuation of Spain's Ibiza airport
Police have carried out a controlled explosion at the airport on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza, after the building was evacuated.
The airport was cleared after Basque newspaper Gara, often used for claims by separatist group Eta, said it had received an anonymous threat.
Spain has been on alert since Eta declared an end to a unilateral ceasefire on 5 June.
Ibiza attracts thousands of mainly European holidaymakers annually.
Gara said on its website that it had received a phone call warning of an "explosive device" at the airport.
The building was evacuated at about lunchtime and shortly afterwards a low-level explosion was heard.
Some 300 arrivals and departures were scheduled for Saturday, but the airport has been closed to outgoing and incoming flights, said the AENA airport authority, which controls Spain's airports.
Spanish authorities have been braced for a possible attack since Eta announced the end to what it had called a permanent ceasefire.
Despite the ceasefire, two people were killed in a bomb explosion at Madrid's Barajas airport in December. |
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| DigiNut |
It's just a lone gunman. There's clearly no larger agenda or ideology at work here. Move along folks, nothing to see here.
On a side note, isn't it funny how the media always refers to them as "Asian" now? As if there's anybody left on this planet who hasn't figured out what that really means. Pretty soon they'll need something even more politically correct: "Police describe the suspect as homo sapiens, male [it's always OK to point out that they're male], age 3 to 312. |
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| mattW |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
It just happened. Apparently two guys drove a jeep full of explosives into the terminal. The car is on fire but didnt explode.
Crazy!! |
:whip: *&^%tard:whip: |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
It's just a lone gunman. There's clearly no larger agenda or ideology at work here. |
source? |
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Flaming SUV rams Glasgow airport terminal
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Driver wrestled with police as vehicle burned, witnesses said
Jun 30, 2007 11:39 AM
Reuters
A four-wheel-drive vehicle rammed into the main terminal at Glasgow airport today and exploded in flames, Glasgow police and witnesses said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
A Glasgow police spokeswoman said the vehicle had not penetrated the building and the blaze was under control.
Britain has been on alert after two cars packed with petrol, gas and nails were found in London's teeming theatre district on Friday. Anti-terror police said the car bombs could have killed or maimed scores of people.
A witness in Glasgow told Sky News that an Asian man who had been inside the vehicle scuffled with police immediately after the incident, was wrestled to the ground and detained.
Another witness said a second man, also Asian, was on fire following the blaze and badly burnt. The flames were extinguished and he was also detained by police, the witness said.
Another witness told the BBC that the vehicle was a Land Rover and that there was a heavy stench of petrol after the car crashed. He said he did not believe the vehicle was a car bomb, saying that the explosion was relatively small.
"There was chaos at the airport," James Edgar, another witness, told Sky News. "I was in the airport building trying to book a holiday. Suddenly people were running past us. Suddenly everyone said to get out of the airport."
BAA, which manages the airport, was not immediately available to comment.
Glasgow airport handles around 8.5 million passengers a year, according to its website, and would have been packed with holidaymakers at the time of the incident, which took place at around 1520 (1420 GMT), according to Glasgow police. |
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| activate |
| i bet it was more then likely some nutjob as opposed to someone with an actual agenda |
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