Second item thought suspicious in U.K. subway probe ‘not viable’

LONDON — Counterterrorism police investigating a suspicious package discovered on a London subway train said Saturday they found another suspicious item in a property 320 kilometres away.

They evacuated the house and set up a cordon before an investigation revealed the object was not dangerous.

London’s Metropolitan Police said officers found the object while searching a house in the southwest England town of Newton Abbot connected to a 19-yearold man arrested Friday over the subway incident.

Officers cordoned off the property and also evacuated the street the house stands on in the picturesque small town.

Police said later that “work has been carried out and it has now been confirmed the device is not viable.”

They did not provide details of what kind of object or device they found.

Part of the London Underground was shut for several hours on Thursday after a passenger discovered what police called a “suspicious item” on a train at North Greenwich station.

It was destroyed in a controlled explosion and is undergoing a forensic examination.

Police have not said whether they think the object on the train was a viable explosive device or a hoax.

Officers used a stun gun to detain a teenage suspect Friday on a busy London street. He is being held on suspicion of “the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism acts.”

Police said they are not looking for anyone else as part of the investigation and are keeping an open mind about motive.