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UK lowers official terrorist threat level after 2nd arrest

By GREGORY KATZ and that Britain still faced son — a 21-year-old man
Associated Press a substantial threat even — was arrested under the
LONDON (AP) — British po- though the terror level had Terrorism Act offered the
lice made progress Sun- been reset to “severe” from clearest proof yet that po-
day in their frantic pursuit “critical.” lice and security services
of suspects and evidence “Severe still means that believe the subway bomb-
connected to the bomb an attack is highly likely, ing was not just the work of
that partially exploded on so I would urge every- one person.
a packed London subway, body to be vigilant but not The first suspect, an
leading counter-terrorism alarmed,” she said. 18-year-old man, was ar-
officials to lower the coun- The advancing investiga- rested early Saturday in
try’s threat level because tion was good news for the departure area of the
they no longer considered London commuters who port of Dover, where fer-
a fresh attack to be immi- had anticipated heading ries leave for France on a
nent. to work on Monday morn- Police forces guard the entrance following Friday’s incident on regular basis. The second
Home Secretary Amber ing while police were rac- a tube at Parsons Green Station in London, Sunday, Sept. 17, was arrested in Hounslow in
Rudd announced the ing to round up suspects 2017. A manhunt is under way after an improvised explosive de- west London shortly before
downgraded terror threat before they could hit the vice was detonated on a crowded subway car, injuring at least midnight Saturday.
level hours after London city again. 29 people. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Both were questioned Sun-
police said a second sus- Mark Rowley, who heads day at a south London po-
pect was in custody and a the police counter-terror- tionary reasons, we made presence; some armed, lice station. They have not
second property was be- ism operation, said the the decision that the in- some unarmed.” been charged or identi-
ing searched in connec- traveling public still would creased resources will con- He said two properties fied.
tion with Friday’s attack see an increased police tinue for the beginning of were being searched and The subway bomb caused
that injured 30 people. and military presence in this week,” Rowley said. that police had “much limited casualties because
Rudd cautioned that the the coming days. “So the public will still see more to do.” it failed to completely ex-
investigation was ongoing “For practical and precau- that high level of policing The fact that a second per- plode.
France:

Attack on 4 US students not seen as terror

BY PHILIPPE SOTTO gram. the attack. The prosecu-
Associated Press “It appears that the stu- tor’s office in the capital,
PARIS (AP) — Four Ameri- dents are fine, considering which has responsibility for
can college students were the circumstances, though all terror-related cases in
attacked with acid Sun- they may require addi- France, did not explain the
day at a train station in the tional treatment for burns,” reasoning behind the deci-
French city of Marseille, but Nick Gozik, who directs Bos- sion.
French authorities so far do ton College’s Office of In- A spokeswoman for the
not think extremist views ternational Programs. “We Marseille prosecutor’s of-
motivated the 41-year-old have been in contact with fice told The Associated
woman who was arrested the students and their par- Press in a telephone call
as the alleged assailant, ents and remain in touch that the suspect did not
the local prosecutor’s of- with French officials and make any extremist threats
fice and the students’ the U.S. Embassy regarding or declarations during the
school said. the incident.” late morning attack at the
Boston College, a private Police in France described city’s Saint Charles train
Jesuit university in Massa- the suspect as “disturbed” station. She said there were
chusetts, said in a state- and said the attack was no obvious indications that
ment Sunday that the not thought at this point to the woman’s actions were
four female students were be terror-related, accord- terror-related.
treated for burns at a Mar- ing the university’s state- The spokeswoman spoke
seille hospital after they ment. on condition of anonym-
were sprayed in the face The Paris prosecutor’s of- ity, per the custom of the
with acid on Sunday morn- fice said earlier Sunday French judicial system. She
ing. The statement said the that its counter-terrorism di- said all four of the victims
four all were juniors study- vision had decided for the were in their 20s and treat-
ing abroad, three of them time being not to assume ed at a hospital, two of
at the college’s Paris pro- jurisdiction for investigating them for shock. q