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Amber Rudd has said the Parsons Green Tube bombing was not a “lone wolf” attack, after police made a second arrest over the incident that left 29 people injured.
The Home Secretary agreed the second arrest suggested more than one person was behind the attack, but added that “it’s too early to reach any final conclusions”.
In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday, she said it is “inevitable that so-called Islamic State will reach in and try and claim responsibility… we have no evidence to suggest that yet.”
She said the attack was the latest in a year “like no other”, after five terror attacks on the UK.
It comes as 21-year-old man was arrested over the attack in south-west London, after an 18-year-old man was arrested in the port area of Dover on Saturday morning.
She said: “It’s too early to reach any final conclusions on that [whether or not it was a ‘lone wolf’ attack]. This has been a year like no other… We have seen five serious attacks and six that were foiled by the police.
“And the police are getting on with their operation today. They are working closely with the security services… They have made two arrests. And they will be working hard to see what else they can find out about this attacker.”
Parsons Green explosion incident on the Tube – In pictures
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Images emerged on social media of flames spilling from a bucket which appeared to be on the train
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Emergency services on the platform at Parsons Green
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An injured woman is assisted by a police officer close to Parsons Green station in west London after an explosion on a packed London Underground train
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Armed police stand by a cordon outside Parsons Green tube station
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Police, fire and ambulance crews descended on the station
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An injured woman is comforted outside the station
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Bomb disposal and armed police unitson the scene at Parsons Green
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Personal belonglongs and a bucket with an item on fire inside it, are seen on the floor of an underground train carriage at Parsons Green station
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Police with a woman after the incident at Parsons Green
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Nick Crowley shows his charred forehead following an explosion whilst on the Tube
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Armed British police officers walk through the carriage of a London underground tube carriage at Parsons Green underground tube station in west London
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Tube carriage and emergency services on the tracks after explosion
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Police and emergency services at Parsons Green Station following reports of an explosion on a tube train.
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An injured woman is led away after an incident at Parsons Green underground station in London
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Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley speaks to the media outside New Scotland Yard, London, after a terrorist incident was declared following a blast which sent a “fireball” and a “wall of flame” through a packed London Underground train
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A forensics officer on the platform at Parsons Green station in west London after Scotland Yard declared a terrorist incident following a blast which sent a “fireball” and a “wall of flame” through a packed London Underground train
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A tube train at Parsons Green station in west London after Scotland Yard declared a terrorist incident following a blast sent a “fireball” and a “wall of flame” through a packed London Underground train
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A police officer and a sniffer dog pictured near Parsons Green tube station
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View of emergency services on the tracks at Parsons Green
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Commuters were left traumatised by the incident
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Bomb disposal units rushed to the scene
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Crowds gather outside Parsons Green tube station
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A woman reacts outside Parsons Green tube station
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Emergency services tend to panicked commuters outside Parsons Green Tube station
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Images emerged of a bucket alight reportedly on the District Line train
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Fire crews, police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene
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Police vehicles line the street near Parsons Green tube station
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A huge manhunt was launched after a device in a bucket exploded on a rush hour District line train on Friday morning, forcing passengers to flee in panic. Emergency services said that 29 people were injured in the blast.
Detectives investigating the attack said they were “keeping an open mind” as to whether the Tube bomber was acting alone or as part of a wider network of terrorists.
A key strand of the investigation has focused on CCTV as officers comb through footage to establish who planted the device, and when and where it was placed on the train.
The first man was arrested at around 7.50am, in the port which is the busiest ferry hub in Europe and serves as a commercial gateway to the French coast, including Calais and Dunkirk.
The second was detained in Hounslow at around 23.50 on Saturday night, police said. He has been taken to a south London police station where he remains in custody.
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