LONDON: The British police searched homes and Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for heightened vigilance Sunday after Britain raised the terrorism threat alert to its highest level following failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.
"We will not yield, we will not be intimidated and we will not allow anyone to undermine our British way of life," Brown declared.
The nation was placed on the "critical" level of alert late Saturday after two men slammed a sport utility vehicle into entrance doors at Glasgow Airport, transforming it into a potentially lethal fireball. Less than 38 hours earlier, the police uncovered two cars in London rigged to explode with gasoline, gas canisters and nails.
Early Sunday, after a day of fast-moving developments, the London police announced that two people had been arrested on a highway in Cheshire, in northwest England, "in connection with the events in London and Scotland."
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"We will not yield, we will not be intimidated and we will not allow anyone to undermine our British way of life," Brown declared.
The nation was placed on the "critical" level of alert late Saturday after two men slammed a sport utility vehicle into entrance doors at Glasgow Airport, transforming it into a potentially lethal fireball. Less than 38 hours earlier, the police uncovered two cars in London rigged to explode with gasoline, gas canisters and nails.
Early Sunday, after a day of fast-moving developments, the London police announced that two people had been arrested on a highway in Cheshire, in northwest England, "in connection with the events in London and Scotland."
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