Thursday, May 22, 2008

UK - man arrested after explosion


An explosion has occurred in a restaurant in Exeter in south-west England. At 12:50 at least one explosion was heard coming from toilets in the Giraffe restaurant. There have been conflicting reports as to the number of explosions but one man was seen to exit the toilets covered in blood. He was later arrested and police have placed a large security cordon around the shopping centre. Early reports on Sky News and the BBC do not yet suggest terrorism and some eyewitnesses have described the explosion as small. Peter Lacey who was in the restaurant with his wife told BBC News, "There were three explosions. It is my impression they sounded more like gunshots than a bomb, like a lightbulb exploding.

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