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London: Gatwick Airport terminal evacuated, police arrest man with grenade in his bag

Nov 14, 2015 7:47 am By Robert Spencer

The Islamic State has vowed to strike in Britain as well as in France.

Gatwick evacuation

“Breaking news: Gatwick North Terminal evacuated as bomb squad are called and police arrest man with a ‘grenade in his bag,'” by Ted Thornhill, MailOnline, November 14, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann):

Gatwick North Terminal has been evacuated after a terror scare involving a ‘suspicious article’, with bomb disposal experts called to the scene and one eyewitness reporting that there will be a ‘controlled explosion’.

Witnesses said that armed police arrested a man with a ‘grenade in a bag’ and screamed ‘get down, get down’ before they restrained him.

Police said they were called at around 9.30am on Saturday morning following ‘suspicious actions by a man who discarded an item at the airport’.

In a statement they said that the man was arrested and EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) specialists have been called to the airport to investigate the item.

Eyewitness Tim Unwin, a geography lecturer, tweeted that the terminal is in a ‘shutdown situation’ and that he’d overheard there ‘might be need for controlled explosion’.

Mari Reynolds tweeted that she’d heard people at the airport, Britain’s second biggest, saying that a ‘hand grenade’ had been found, though police have not confirmed this. It was reported at one point that the suspect was in possession of a gun.

It’s understood that passengers were moved to Jubilee House near the terminal, then a Sofitel hotel. Hotels near the terminal handed out teas and coffees as the drama unfolded.

Mr Unwin added: ‘Very cramped in Sofitel – passengers are now beginning to get frustrated – would like to be given some information.’

Sussex Police told MailOnline: ‘We are dealing with an incident involving a suspicious article and have evacuated the North Terminal as a precaution.’

Detective Superintendent Nick May said: ‘At this time, we are investigating the circumstances of the incident and it is too early to say what the item may be. However, given the events in Paris on Friday evening, there is heightened awareness around any such incident and it is best that we treat the matter in all seriousness.

‘We are aware that there is concern about what has happened in France, but the general threat level remains the same and people should be aware as usual of anyone acting suspiciously.’

A spokesperson for Gatwick Airport said: ‘Flights are still arriving and departing as normal and we have extra staff on-site looking after passenger welfare.’

The drama at Gatwick followed terrorist attacks in Paris that have left 127 dead.

France was placed in lockdown after at least eight militants, all wearing suicide vests, brought unprecedented violence to the streets of the French capital in the bloodiest attack in Europe since the Madrid train bombings in 2004.

Francois Hollande accused ISIS of orchestrating the worst attacks in France for more than 70 years, declaring it an ‘act of war’ and vowing to ‘mercilessly’ strike back.

Police are also hunting accomplices amid fears of further attacks, with the arrest of a 51-year-old man in Germany last week after firearms were discovered in his car now being linked to the atrocities, according to media reports….

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  1. jihad3tracker says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 7:58 am

    A leap into 24/7 terror-based lucidity that amazes even cynical ancient Me. There is no going backwards now, even if Allah’s kids stop for a while.

    Around 130 lives sacrificed to finally awaken the population in Europe . . . and the only way to see any “good” coming from jihad in Paris.

    • ? says

      Nov 14, 2015 at 8:32 am

      Wishful thinking, the media and politicians will only talk about gun control, how Muslims are misunderstood, and everything else but the god-dang problem: Islam. But then again maybe the general public won’t give in to the brainwashing and actually fight back.

      • john spielman says

        Nov 14, 2015 at 9:33 am

        yep, it’s definitely a problem with gun control- NOT ENOUGH GUNS in the hands of law abiding nonmohammedans

        • خَليفة says

          Nov 14, 2015 at 7:32 pm

          Ditto…

    • Mike says

      Nov 14, 2015 at 11:00 am

      If they don’t wake up now, the only thing that will do it is a dirty bomb over a major city, I’m afraid.
      Then they’ll really have no choice but to wake up, but it may be too late.

      Get a grip, Western World: you’re at war. Handle it now and minimise casualties on both sides. Wait longer, and it will be much bloodier.

      • Roger says

        Nov 15, 2015 at 1:25 pm

        I read that dirty bombs create more fear than actual casualties. The radiation can be cleaned up in weeks.

        It’s basically a weapon of fear but not on the same destructive level as a nuke

  2. Baucent says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 8:18 am

    A bit early to draw a judgement on this incident. More information required.

  3. Luk says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 8:54 am

    Life is looking a lot like a Bond movie. I can just imagine the inner circle of the NWO cackling impishly in their cave. This is exactly the chaos they thrive on and achieve their objectives with. Iron-fisted world government draws a step closer.

  4. Tommo says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 9:17 am

    Gatwick serviced by the Islamic town of Crawley. Who could the arrested man possibly be?

  5. jewdog says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 9:29 am

    Yes, people are shocked, but anyone who pays attention to the news would realize that these sort of attacks against civilians are very common in many Islamic countries. As more Muslims come to settle in Western countries, we will see more attacks like this. Just because people move from one locale to another doesn’t necessarily mean that they will change their behavior and attitudes.

  6. mortimer says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 9:42 am

    Where did they find grenades? Grenades in Paris, grenades found at the German-Austrian border, grenades at Gatwick.

    All grenades have a serial number and a maker so their sales can be tracked. Who supplied the grenades?

    • Myxlplik says

      Nov 14, 2015 at 10:48 am

      A war a grenades, that’s the ticket.

      Seriously?

  7. Itinerant says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    There’s been a low grade jihadist war in Europe for years now, every now and again jihadis commit murder on a bigger scale and all the politicians talk tough- for a few weeks anyway then it’s back to platitudes- a ‘religion of peace’ and ‘nothing to with Islam’, ‘lone-wolves’ and ‘misunderstanders’ and/or ‘taking it out of context’.
    But it is their beloved EU that has opened borders to Muslim countries and deliberately Islamified Europe, as preparation for their EUrabian economic zone from the Urals to the Atlas mountains.
    Depending on which EU stooge one listens to, 20,50,100 or even 200 million more immigrants are ‘needed’ to solve the pension problem.
    Replacement migration is a pyramid scheme- it is a wealth redistribution project where mass immigration and Islam are battering rams to dismantle the nation-states of Europe- adhering to Sutherland’s exhortation to “actively undermine” European cultures.

    Fjordman said of the Islamisation of Europe by the EU;
    “This is the greatest organized betrayal in Western history.”

    These latest attacks are only the beginning, the Hijra continues and countless jihadists are streaming into Europe- it can only get worse.
    The ‘ever-closer union’ of the EU could regress into city-states and perpetual jihadist insurrection because they are not stopping with their EUrabian fantasies- if anything their plans are being accelerated.

    The utter idiocy and naivety of the ‘progressives’ cheering it on, is symbolised by this video, where Germans ‘volunteers’ applaud ‘refugees’ singing- unaware they are jihadist songs.

  8. Angemon says

    Nov 14, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    Detective Superintendent Nick May said: ‘At this time, we are investigating the circumstances of the incident and it is too early to say what the item may be. However, given the events in Paris on Friday evening, there is heightened awareness around any such incident and it is best that we treat the matter in all seriousness.

    Even if it was a false alarm, it was enough to disrupt the normal routine of the airport – economic jihad.

  9. James P. Breslin says

    Nov 15, 2015 at 6:40 am

    Liberalism is truly a mental disease.

  10. Roger says

    Nov 15, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    That’s my uk trip cancelled. Oh well, at least skype is terror free.

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