Associated Press Updated: Sat. Jun. 30 2007 12:21 PM ET
GLASGOW, Scotland — Two men tried to ram a sport utility vehicle with flames pouring from it into the main terminal of Glasgow airport on Saturday, crashing into the glass doors at the entrance and sparking a fire, witnesses said.
Police said two suspects were arrested.
The green SUV barrelled toward the building at high speed before crashing into security barriers. Witnesses said two men fled the SUV, one of them engulfed in flames.
Two men were arrested, Strathclyde Police spokeswoman Lisa O'Neil said.
The British Broadcasting Corp. says the Glasgow airport -- the largest in Scotland -- was evacuated and all flights suspended.
"The jeep is completely on fire and it exploded not long after,'' witness Stephen Clarkson told the BBC.
"It exploded at the entrance to the terminal. ... It may have been an explosion of petrol in the tank because it was not a massive explosion.''
Other witnesses said two men were in the SUV and one of them was engulfed in flames.
BBC News executive Helen Boaden, who was at the airport, says a traveller tried to restrain the man.
"Then the police came over and wrestled him to the ground -- the fire was burning through his clothes -- and finally put him out with a fire extinguisher,'' she said.
Boaden described both men as South Asian. Both were detained by police, reports said.
SKY News television also reported another witness saying the car was stopped by security barriers and police tackled a man who fled from the car.
TV footage showed flames and huge plumes of black smoke rising from the building.
No comments:
Post a Comment