According to the Police and forensic teams, search is underway for arrest of a second man by officers investigating the Parsons Green terror attack. Sky News confirmed in their report that a number of police vehicles were parked outside the address and forensic investigators were seen checking bins outside.
Sky News has discovered that the person who is registered to the address has links to Ron and Penny Jones, whose house in Sunbury was raided yesterday. It was reported that the 21-year-old was detained in Hounslow, West London at around 11.50pm on Saturday.
According to the News website, he is being held at a police station in south London under the Terrorism Act. It should be recalled that thirty people were injured during London’s Friday morning rush hour when an improvised explosive device detonated on a Tube train.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd confirmed this, noting that police were “working hard” to track down those responsible for the blast. While commenting on the development, she added there was “no evidence” to back up Islamic State’s claim there were more “live” explosive devices.
However, she described 2017, which has seen a string of terror attacks in the UK, as “a year like no other”. In addition, Ms Rudd also directly criticised Donald Trump over his claim the bombers were known to Scotland Yard.
In her talk, she dismissed it as “speculation – not a leak”. She told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show: “It is never helpful to have speculation about an ongoing operation and I would include the President of the United States in that.”
This comment came after an 18-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in the departure lounge of Dover port in connection with the blast. Sky News report that officers then searched a house in Surrey they said was directly linked to the first arrest.
