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An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train.<\/p>\n
The man was held in Dover on Saturday by Kent Police and taken to a local police station.<\/p>\n
The arrest is “significant” but the terror threat level remains at “critical”, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.<\/p>\n
Thirty people were injured after the explosion on a train at\u00a0Parsons Green.<\/p>\n
Most people were treated for minor injuries and have been released, the London Ambulance Service said, but three people remain in hospital.<\/p>\n
Home Secretary Amber Rudd will be chairing a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee later.<\/p>\n
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On Friday evening the UK terror threat was raised to critical – the highest level – meaning an attack may be imminent.<\/p>\n
Mr Basu said the public should remain vigilant, as the force was not changing its “protective security measures” and extra armed officers were still being deployed.<\/p>\n
He added: “This arrest will lead to more activity from our officers.<\/p>\n
“For strong investigative reasons we will not give any more details on the man we arrested at this stage.”<\/p>\n
The man is due to be moved from Kent to a south London police station later.<\/p>\n
Operation Temperer, which involves the use of the military and was put in place after the threat level was raised, is being stepped up gradually.<\/p>\n
Home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it is focused on London and the south-east of England and is being described as “light-touch”, and not on the same scale as what was seen after the\u00a0Manchester Arena attack.<\/p>\n
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said “significant” police activity would continue over the weekend and thanked police, adding: “They are there to keep us safe”.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/figure>\n
By BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner<\/strong><\/p>\n
This is the fourth time the UK national terror threat level has been raised to “critical” since the system was made public in 2006.<\/p>\n
The last time was in May this year following the Manchester Arena bombing, when it was wrongly thought that the bomb-maker was still at large and could strike again.<\/p>\n
In the case of\u00a0Parsons Green\u00a0it is perhaps surprising that it took the government so long – over 12 hours – to raise the threat level to critical, under advice from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, when it was obvious the perpetrator had neither died nor been caught.<\/p>\n
Each time the level has gone to critical, it has only stayed at this highest level of alertness for three to four days – this is partly as it involves an unsustainably high tempo for the police, intelligence and security services.<\/p>\n
Extra patrols are mounted on the streets of London, covert surveillance is stepped up and troops are deployed to free up police officers to focus on the main effort: catching the bomber before he can plant another device.<\/p>\n
But the very fact that yesterday’s attack took place with no warning shows this system is only a broad guide to the threat and simply reflects the latest assessment.<\/p>\n
The BBC understands CCTV images have been obtained of the person suspected of planting the explosive device.<\/p>\n
The Islamic State group has said it was behind the bomb, which detonated at 08:20 BST on Friday.<\/p>\n
It is understood the device had a timer, but the BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner said the bomb appeared not to have gone off properly.<\/p>\n
Had it worked as intended, it would have killed everyone around it and maimed everyone in the train carriage for life, he said.<\/p>\n
The Met’s Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said it was “very routine” for the Islamic State group to claim the attack, whether in contact with those involved or not.<\/p>\n
Police have spoken to 45 witnesses so far and have received 77 images and videos from the public.<\/p>\n
They urge anyone with information to get in touch and to upload pictures and video to the website\u00a0www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk\u00a0or to call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321.<\/p>\n
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