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Car bomb: Clubbers the target?
29/06/2007 16:32 - (SA)
London - Friday's unexploded bomb in
Haymarket, found at 02:00 outside the Tiger Tiger bar complex,
could indicate that it was intended to blow up nightclubbers.
Police could not confirm clubbers were the target, but
described the area as one of the busiest parts of central
London, teeming with many people at that that time leaving
nightclubs and other places after an evening out.
Many of the partygoers were women, attending Ladies' Night
at Tiger Tiger.
The device would almost certainly have caused considerable
loss of life if it had gone off, police said.
Tiger Tiger is part of a national chain and the Haymarket
outlet can accommodate hundreds of revellers in its Oriental
cocktail bar, restaurant and dance floor.
Pubgoers would also have been in the area, possibly having
spent an evening at one of the many theatres in the area, such
as Her Majesty's Theatre and the Theatre Royal. Nightclubs target before
It would not be the first time nightclubs have featured as a
recent target for bombers in the UK.
In April, five Britons were found guilty of plotting to
carry out al-Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks across Britain, with
nightclubs among their targets.
Convicted Islamist militant Dhiren Barot, who was jailed
last year, admitted he had been planning to explode gas and
explosives packed into limousines or other large vehicles in
underground car parks.
Details of the plan, known as the "Gas Limos Project", were
found on a laptop computer during a search in Pakistan, and were
thought by police to have been compiled to present to senior
al-Qaeda leaders for a proposed attack.
- Reuters
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