In the Daily Mail this Morning
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Plot to blow up Theresa May is foiled: MI5 warning that suicide bombers armed with knives planned to murder the Prime Minister in Downing Street.
"Two Muslim men are
suspected of conspiring to attack Downing Street armed with an improvised bomb, suicide vest and knives. Investigators suspect the pair
wanted to detonate a bomb disguised as a bag. They would then attempt to kill Theresa May armed with a suicide vest, pepper spray and knife in the chaotic aftermath. The alleged conspiracy was foiled after a joint operation by Scotland Yard, West Midlands Police and MI5. Security chiefs stepped in
amid fears the men were preparing to launch an attack, arresting them at gunpoint. They appear to have been inspired by Islamic State but
it does not appear they were able to obtain or build any explosives.
So in point of fact it is not reported that they were actually armed at the time of arrest, and were "preparing" to do something but had failed to come up with the explosive, so they had no Bomb or suicide vests.
And no doubt "pepper spray" was absent too.
Congratulations are of course due to the Security Services, for nicking these "Wannabee" Jihadis, but this was presented in a grossly exaggerated manner by the Press.
Presumably they had good reasons for doing so?
