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Suspect Car Blown Up At Scottish Hospital
Updated: 18:17, Sunday July 01, 2007
A suspect car has been blown up by police in the grounds of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley as five suspects remain in police custody in connection with the terror attacks.
The burning jeep at Glasgow airport
The Scottish hospital, where one of the Glasgow bombers is being held, was cordoned off as army disposal experts were called in to carry out a controlled explosion.
Strathclyde Police said they believed the car was connected to the attack at Glasgow airport on Saturday but did not contain explosives.
Meanwhile homes in Sunningdale Grove, in Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire have been raided as police widen their net in the search for the would-be terror bombers in London and Glasgow.
Two men rammed a burning Jeep Cherokee into the main terminal at Glasgow Airport on Saturday, leaving passengers screaming in terror.
Today it emerged the car was packed with gas canisters which would have caused massive casualties if they had exploded.
One of the bombers, believed to have been driving the car, was severely burned and remains in a critical condition under armed guard in the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
A second man in the car, a 27-year-old, is in police custody.
Assistant Chief Constable John Malcolm is appealing for information on the movements of the Jeep, registration L808 RDT, on Saturday.
He said: "I need information regarding sightings of this vehicle in the past few weeks and in particular the past few days."
He said the force was reviewing CCTV footage from the airport and was receiving up to "100 calls an hour" from the public.
Smoke billows following the attack
The attack follows the attempted bombings in London early on Friday morning, when two Mercedes packed with petrol and nails were parked in London's West End near the Tiger Tiger nightclub.
Since then a 26-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman have also been arrested on the M6 near Sandbach in Cheshire.
A fifth terror-related arrest was made in Liverpool after two homes were searched in the Penny Lane area.
Homes in Houston, near Glasgow, are also being searched by Strathclyde Police.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said the links between the three attacks were becoming "ever clearer".
He said: "We are learning a great deal about the people involved in the attacks and are pursuing new lines of inquiry."
The government has raised Britain's terror alert level to critical, meaning an attack is expected imminently.
An incident room is taking calls on 0800 0560944.
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Police Comb House Near Glasgow
Updated: 15:33, Sunday July 01, 2007
The residents of a house near Glasgow being searched by police following an attack on the city's airport were two men who did not engage with the close-knit local community, neighbours have said.
A police tent has been erected outside number six Neuk Crescent in the village of Houston, six miles from Glasgow.
The Houston house searched
A man living nearby told how his friend living opposite had seen two men of Asian appearance going into the house.
Callum Graham said: "As far as I know, people had no dealings with them. We think they have only been there a few months."
Another local resident, May Gordon, said she had never seen anyone using the property, which she said was strange for an otherwise close-knit street.
Mrs Gordon, 67, said: "Whoever it was kept very much to themselves. They come and they go. These people are the first ones who have hardly spoken since they arrived."
Many residents interviewed said they did not recall having seen a Jeep - the type of vehicle used in the Glasgow airport attack - in the area.
However, one Neuk Crescent resident, Maya Logan, said she recalled seeing a man washing a 4x4-style Jeep outside number six.
She said it was being washed around two weeks ago, and that she had seen it parked outside the property in recent weeks.
"I can't remember the colour or the make, but it was a big 4x4 Jeep," Mrs Logan said.
Another neighbour, Craig Logan, said: "I came out of my house at about 8.15am and there were lots of police about. Top and the bottom of the street had been cordoned off.
"There was a guy in a forensic suit going in and out of number six."
Mr Logan said he thought the property had been recently rented out although he did not know the occupants.
Police declined to give details of the search but revealed it was connected to the incident at Glasgow airport.