Bomb withdrew in central London

Police inactivate a bomb packed with nails and fuel in London, renewing fears of a terrorist strike almost two years after the city was hit by suicide bombers. The device was in a Mercedes parked in the city's busy nightclub and theater district.

 

LONDON, England

Police in London say they have deactivated a bomb packed with nails and capable of creating huge casualties, raising renewed fears of a terrorist strike almost two years after the city was hit by deadly suicide bombers.
The device, consisting of 200 liters of fuel, gas cylinders and nails linked to a triggering mechanism, was found in a car in Haymarket, in the city's busy nightclub and theater district shortly before 2 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Friday.
British anti-terror chief Peter Clarke said the explosives would have resulted in significant injury and loss of life had the explosives detonated.
Clarke said police were alerted to the car after an ambulance crew attending an earlier incident noticed a smoke-filled car parked close to the popular "Tiger Tiger" nightclub.