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London Tube bombing: CCTV appears to show Parsons Green suspect shortly before attack

Suspect caught on film carrying the Lidl bag shortly before attack 

Rachael Revesz
Monday 18 September 2017 20:43 BST
Alleged suspect walks with Lidl bag, containing explosive device
Alleged suspect walks with Lidl bag, containing explosive device (PA)

New CCTV images appear to show the suspect behind the Parsons Green tube carriage explosion, which injured 30 people.

An 18-year-old man and a 21-year-old man have been arrested and are being questioned by the police.

The new images show one of the alleged suspects walking past the Ecco La Vera Pizzeria restaurant on Vicarage Road just after 7am on the morning of the attack, just minutes away from the address where the suspect lived with foster parents.

After the explosion on the District Line tube, photos showed the open Lidl bag on the floor of the abandoned carriage, with wires and flames protruding.

A spokesman for New Scotland Yard told The Independent that they would not comment on new footage or images during a live investigation.

The images add to more CCTV captured of the suspect near Sunbury-on-Thames, in Surrey, around 6.50am, 90 minutes before the incident.

Dressed in a grey tracksuit and red hat, the suspect can be seen walking with the same bag, head down.

The main suspect, the 18-year-old, was arrested on Saturday morning in Dover, where he was reportedly buying a ferry ticket to Calais.

He has been identified as an Iraqi refugee.

Pictures of the second suspect, 21-year-old Yahyah Farroukh, have been released.

He was arrested outside the chicken shop where he worked in Hounslow on Saturday night.

He was also a refugee. Both were fostered by the same couple in Surrey.

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