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London Car Bomb Disarmed

Mercedes left near Piccadilly Circus was packed with gasoline, gas cylinders, nails

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(Newser) – A car bomb was found and disarmed in busy central London today. The police were tipped off by an ambulance crew who saw smoke coming from a silver Mercedes in Haymarket. The car was packed with gasoline, gas cannisters, and nails, and could have caused serious damage if it had exploded, police say.

Witnesses saw the car driving erratically before crashing into a bin near a nightclub. The driver got out and ran away. Police shut down a large section of central London, and have disarmed the bomb with a controlled explosion. Brand new PM Gordon Brown said in response that Britain faces "a serious and continuous threat."

A British police officer secures the area near Piccadilly Circus in London where the police had found a vehicle which contains a suspected bomb, Friday June 29, 2007. Police did not offer any details about what they called a
A British police officer secures the area near Piccadilly Circus in London where the police had found a vehicle which contains a suspected bomb, Friday June 29, 2007. Police did not offer any details...   (Associated Press)
British police officers secure the entrance of the closed Piccadilly Circus Underground train station, near to where a vehicle was found early morning, which contains a suspected bomb, in central London, Friday June 29, 2007. Police did not offer any details about what they called a
British police officers secure the entrance of the closed Piccadilly Circus Underground train station, near to where a vehicle was found early morning, which contains a suspected bomb, in central London,...   (Associated Press)
The Mercedes car is taken away from The Haymarket in the Piccadilly area of central London which is cordoned off as police officers investigate a 'viable explosive device', Friday June 29, 2007. police are known to have defused an explosive device found in the car, Friday, and police did not...
The Mercedes car is taken away from The Haymarket in the Piccadilly area of central London which is cordoned off as police officers investigate a 'viable explosive device', Friday June 29, 2007. police...   (Associated Press)
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