Police have found a telling clue after three viable bombs were found at a London airport, office building and train station.
One of the packages burst into flames when opened at Heathrow and two more had to be made safe by specialist bomb officers.
Sources told the Irish Times that the devices had been sent by post from Dublin but this hasn’t been confirmed. One of the packages exploded into flames at Heathrow Airport’s Compass Centre — which houses the airport’s head office — at around 9.55am this morning. A Met Police statement said: “The packages — all A4-sized white postal bags containing yellow Jiffy bags — have been assessed by specialist officers to be small improvised explosive devices.
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