Thankfully it was foiled by the alertness of an ambulance crew who were attending a reveller at the club 'Tiger,Tiger', on the Haymarket, close to Piccadilly Circus,where the car bomb was parked. Had it detonated, death and destruction would have filled our streets once again. There were car bombs containing explosives and nails used by the Irish rebels back in the 70s and 80s but this was almost certainly Islamic in origin.
I was in London on Tuesday and walked past the 'Tiger,Tiger'. It brings home - again - just how fragile our lives are while under this threat. And the threat will remain, no doubt about that.
Scarey.
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