IN Britain, one of the busiest shopping streets has been sealed off by police. A police negotiator has been sent in after reports a man, strapped up with petrol canisters, was threatening to blow himself up at an office block in London’s Tottenham Court Road.
Shoppers and nearby businesses had to be evacuated.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said it was “too early to say if the suspect was armed or indeed had taken any hostages”.
Abby Baafi, who works for Advantage, a company which offers HGV courses, told the Huffington Post UK, whose staff were ordered out of their offices next door: “I recognised him because he was one of our previous customers but he is not quite stable – mentally stable.
“He turned up, strapped up with gasoline cylinders, and threatened to blow up the office.
“He said he doesn’t care about his life. He doesn’t care about anything, he is going to blow up everybody.”
She said the man had failed an HGV training course and wanted his money back.
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