'Mirror' reporters held over fake bomb
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The Daily Mirror newspaper faced embarrassment last night after it emerged that two of its journalists had been arrested after trying to plant a fake bomb on a London train.
The reporters were stopped by police yesterday afternoon at Stonebridge Park, which is on the Bakerloo line in north-west London. Train staff caught them carrying a package before alerting the British Transport Police (BTP). The Mirror said it was carrying out a "legitimate and justified journalistic exercise".
A BTP spokeswoman confirmed two men had been arrested on suspicion of trespass and were taken to a police station. The men had not been charged with any offence.
In a statement last night, the paper said: "Last year, Mirror journalists attempted and succeeded in planting a fake bomb on a nuclear train, which highlighted serious security lapses."
It added: "We therefore felt that it was a legitimate and justified journalistic exercise to repeat the action in the interests of public safety."
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