A man in a niqab has been arrested after army bomb-disposal experts made a controlled explosion of a suspicious package in Watford, UK.
Cars and buses were left abandoned as police forced civilians to clear the town centre on Thursday while the bomb squad deployed a robot to detonate a suspicious package outside a Travelodge.
Cordons remained in place on Market Street and High Street, Watford’s main shopping area, on Thursday afternoon while experts scoured the area. The town’s ring road was also closed to traffic.
The suspect was arrested on nearby Clarendon Road at 12.21pm. He was dressed in full-length, Islamic-style black robes with a niqab covering his face.
A man has been arrested and is in custody, the force said. Pictures on social media showed that he was wearing a niqab when tackled by police.
Police said the man was carrying two rucksacks, one of which was one branded with Peppa Pig and the other with a ladybird. Both bags contained children’s books.
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