Passenger believes he saw bomber

BBC ^ | July 8, 2005 | Staff

[WmShirerAdmirer]

Mr Jones said he saw a man in an agitated state on the bus A bus passenger says he may have seen one of those responsible for the bomb attacks in London. Richard Jones, from Binfield, near Bracknell, Berks, had got off a bus just before it was blown up in Tavistock Square on Thursday.

Mr Jones, 61, an IT consultant, has told BBC News he saw a man acting suspiciously on the bus.

He said the man was fiddling with something in his bag and seemed in an agitated state.

Everybody is standing face-to-face and this guy kept dipping into this bag

Richard Jones

Mr Jones, who was forced to take the bus from Euston after Tube services were suspended, said: "He was standing next to me with a bag at his feet and he kept dipping into this bag and fiddling about with something.

"I was getting quite annoyed with this because it was a crowded bus.

"Everybody is standing face-to-face and this guy kept dipping into this bag."

Mr Jones, who said he got off the bus because it was in heavy traffic, has given a statement to police.

Police have yet been unable to establish whether a suicide bomber was responsible for the attack on the bus.

So far police have only confirmed that two people were killed on the bus.

[dob]

"So far police have only confirmed that two people were killed on the bus."

That number now said to be 13.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Kinda wish they hadn't made his name so public.

[Rutles4Ever]

Wow, what a detailed description.

</sarcasm>

[ncountylee]

Blond? Blue eyed?

[Rutles4Ever]

The BBC continues to do everything in its power to bring down Western Civilization.

[SittinYonder]

The account is also mentioned in a Scotsman article:

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=756602005

Richard Jones, a passenger from Scotland, said he had just alighted from the bus when the bomb went off: "I got ten yards away and the bus exploded," he said.

"Basically, there was a young gentleman, an olive-skinned gentleman, in front of me and he kept diving into a bag at his feet. He became more and more agitated and so, on reflection, that may have been the bomber I was standing next to."

[SittinYonder]

See my post #7 - "olive-skinned"

[Revolting cat!]

an olive-skinned gentleman

or ?

[poobear]

"olive-skinned"

hmm... Irish? (sarc off)

[ncountylee]

Could I have door number 2 please?

[Andrewksu]

I was watching Black Hawk Down on FX the other evening, and they worked hard to remove all refrences to Islam. For instance, at night fall the Somalis stopped attacking for evening prayer which allowed the troops to move and reorient themselves. My DVD has this scene, yet was PC'd out of the movie as to not offend anyone.

This will be our demise, the PC approach makes us vulnerable and gives them free reign.

[johnny7]

'Olive-skinned'?!

You mean to say that he wasn't lily-white & Irish-Catholic?! Well lets see... maybe he was a Basque Seperatist or one of those dreaded, right-wing America militiamen! ;^O

[ncountylee]

worked hard to remove all refrences to Islam

Amazing!

[Youngman442002]

until we call this war what it is..we will lose....

[BurbankKarl]

Mr Jones didnt see a Swedish grandmother fiddling with a bomb in her purse?

[Salgak]

Or still worse. . . THIS SWEDE. . .

[Enchante]

It was one of those Swedish grandmothers the TSA is so worried about.....

Interesting how the BBC is so careful not to tell the world what the actual description of the perp would be..... can't imagine why not?? /sarcasm

[Question_Assumptions]

Let's hope that hte bomber was among those 13...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

It is not amazing.....it is deliberate....see this:

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