Suspect bomber loved to party
A PARTY-LOVING Syrian has been identified as the second man police arrested in connection with helping orchestrate last week’s London Tube bombing that spread panic through the British capital.
Yahyah Farroukh, a 21year-old Syrian refugee and former foster child, was arrested late on Saturday night in Hounslow, west London, when undercover police swooped on him outside a takeaway shop.
The party-boy promoter, who lists Dope Diamond Entertainment and BSQ London (with events such as Girls Gone Wild and Bad Girls’ Night Out) as his workplaces on Facebook, was tackled by four undercover policemen outside Aladdins Fried Chicken shop.
“The guy had just walked past the takeaway when three blokes and a woman came running past and he was rugby tackled to the floor,” one witness told The Sun.
“The guy was screaming. When they took him down his phone went flying and he dropped his bag containing a drink can and a KitKat.
“The cops were shouting to get his phone. I guess because it holds important information.
“They called for back-up and two more cops turned up.
“They were holding him down and trying to calm him,” the witness said.
“A forensic team wrapped his arms in plastic up to his biceps and his legs up to his thighs.
“They put plastic on his shoes then put him in overalls and plastic cuffs.
“They put him in a car which also had all the seats wrapped in plastic.”
Farroukh and an 18-yearold, who is accused of planting the makeshift device on a train at Parsons Green station on Friday, have been arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Both are believed to have spent time in the care of Penelope and Ronald Jones, aged 71 and 88 respectively, who have been honoured for services to children and families.
The elderly couple’s home was raided on Saturday and is still being scoured by counterterrorism investigators.
The arrest comes after CCTV footage that appears to show one of the suspects preparing for the London Tube bombing was screened on British TV.
The grainy footage shows a young man in a grey tracksuit carrying a bag that looks like the Lidl supermarket bag that contained the bomb.
The device partially detonated on the District Line, injuring some 30 people.