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British Police Pursue Leads in Foiled Bombings

By Rob Gifford,  Scott Simon
Published June 30, 2007 at 5:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.
A police forensics officer walks past a car suspected of carrying a bomb in Haymarket in London.
A police forensics officer walks past a car suspected of carrying a bomb in Haymarket in London.

British police stepped up patrols in London on Saturday after the discovery a day earlier of two car bombs packed with gasoline, propane and nails in the West End theater district. Looking through security video for clues, authorities are searching for the drivers of the two vehicles.

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Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.
Scott Simon
Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
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