Posted on 05/22/2008 2:28:13 PM PDT by UKrepublican
Armed Operation After Exeter Blast
Police have confirmed the man arrested over an explosion in Exeter was a recent Muslim convert who had been "preyed upon and radicalised".
An armed operation is under way in Plymouth believed to be in connection with the blast.
Sky's home affairs correspondent Mark White said the situation was "still unfolding" at a residential property.
Devon and Cornwall Police named the arrested man as Nicky Reilly, 22, who has a history of mental illness.
The blast happened after he walked into the Giraffe restaurant at the Princesshay Shopping Centre about 1pm.
Officers said he suffered lacerations to his eye and some facial burning.
Nobody else was injured in the blast which happened when the recently opened shopping centre was crowded with shoppers.
Deputy Chief Constable Tony Melville said police investigations indicated Reilly had adopted the Islamic faith and "was preyed upon and radicalised".
He confirmed that armed police had raided an address in King Street, Plymouth, linked to Reilly and were currently searching the premises.
Witnesses earlier told Sky News the explosion in the restaurant appeared to come from the bathroom and when the man came out he had blood all over his face.
Giraffe restaurant director Juliette Joffe said: "Nobody in the restaurant has been injured apart from the person who set it off."
About 15 people would have been working in the restaurant at the time, she said.
Anyone who believes in islam is mentally disabled and/or disturbed.
Isn't that a redundant sentence? Are there other types of muslim converts?
When I first read “Armed Operation” in the headline, I immagined sniper rifles, automatic rifles, kevlar.....then I realized it was GB, so it might just mean pointy things.
The demons are polluting a beautiful place.
“I would say I’m shocked...only I’m not.”
Sounds like a good reason NOT to say it eh. After the Islamofacist use of mentally repressed women last year I must agree. NOT shocked.
this man is not responsible being a victim of Islamic radicalization, and Muslims would not be so radical if the British would just convert to Islam. So you see the British citizens are really to blame. They brought it on themselves.
Could be someone who is literally mentally retarded, has some sort of disability, or whom recently had a traumatic experience.
If the govt had some guts they would class islam as a cult and ban it
after all it does not bring anything with it except death adn dectruction
kosovo, Lebanon and everywhere else around the world
Pointy Things!!!
ROFLMAO
Damn ironic justice. ;-)
The demons are polluting a beautiful place.
That's what demons do.
Go Bobbies! We Yanks love it when the Brits crack islamo heads. What this event really says is that our enemy is recruiting bombers who look like us.
I was going to type “sidearms”, but my evil side got the best of me. Let’s face it, until western governments get serious about dealing with islam, all we can do is laugh.....and ammo up.
Thank God for answering prayer and thwarting the enemy (again). A mentally ill man? Just when you think the death-cult can go no lower...
Our government doesn’t even have the guts to reject the “church” of Scientology’s status, no less the 7th century death cult. “Thetan/Satan” ultimately loses the war but currently wins many battles, unfortunately. God help us.
sad but true the on ly party who has any guts are the BNP and the BBC, , guardian plus the pother usual lefty media have done everything they could to make the public that they are racist and if you vote for them they are racist
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