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| Suspect stable in hospital following restaurant blast |
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| Military and Security 5/25/2008 10:59:00 AM |
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LONDON, May 25 (KUNA) -- An Islam convert suspected of carrying a bomb
which partially exploded in a city centre restaurant and left him covered in
blood is in a stable condition in hospital, police said Sunday.
The man, named by police as 22-year-old Nicky Reilly, suffered eye and
facial injuries in the blast at the "Giraffe" restaurant in Exeter, Devon,
south-west England, last Thursday lunchtime.
Reilly, from Plymouth, Devon, south-west England, has been in the Royal
Devon and Exeter Hospital, in Exeter, with police at his bedside, since his
arrest at the scene of the blast in Exeter's 230 million pounds showpiece
"Princesshay" shopping centre.
"He has not been formally interviewed," said a police spokesman.
It is not yet known when Reilly will be released from the hospital. It is
understood he has undergone an operation which is believed to have involved
skin grafts.
Meanwhile, the police are still questioning two men seized by armed police
outside a cafe in Plymouth, Devon, last Friday.
One of the men was arrested when 10 armed officers descended on the cafe,
and another was detained to help with their inquiries.
The police added that inquiries were still going on at the Giraffe
restaurant, and at the flat where Reilly lived.
The bomb set off in the Giraffe restaurant would have released a giant
fireball had it ignited, they said.
The device was made from a variety of chemical ingredients and packed with
nails and was designed to detonate when it was shaken,
Reilly emerged from the Giraffe cafe "covered in blood" when the bomb
failed to go off.
Two other devices were found nearby and made safe by bomb disposal experts.
Reilly had received a text message of encouragement before he left on the
failed mission, the police revealed.
The police believe extremists took advantage of Reilly's low IQ
(intelligence) and history of mental illness to radicalise him.
He had changed his name to Mohammed Rasheed, and had a screen saver of the
Twin Towers in flames from the 9/11 attacks on his home computer, neighbours
said. (end)
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KUNA 251059 May 08NNNN
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مجلس الوزراء
اللجنة العليا للتحضير للاحتفال بالذكرى
الـ(50)
لاستقلال دولة الكويت و الذكرى الـ (20)
لعيد التحرير
اعـــــــــــــــــــلان
فى إطار الاستعدادات و الترتيبات الجارية للإعداد و التحضير للاحتفال
باليوبيل الذهبي للاستقلال و مرور
(20) عاما على تحرير دولة الكويت و انطلاقا من
حرص اللجنة العليا على إشراك كافة قطاعات الدولة فى الاحتفال بهاتين المناسبتين
الوطنيتين
يسر اللجنة الإعلامية المنبثقة عن اللجنة العليا دعوة من يرغب من مؤسسات و
شركات القطاع الخاص و الاتحادات التجارية و الاستثمارية للمشاركة في الأنشطة و
الفعاليات المقرر تنظيمها فى شهر فبراير من العام القادم 2011م
للاستفسار والتنسيق ومزيد من التفاصيل :
1- مكتب مقرر اللجنة الإعلامية:
هاتف: 22462289
فاكس: 22462296
2- البريد الإلكتروني:
kuwait5020@media.gov.kw
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