Police say a 21-year-old man arrested after a suspected parcel bomb was sent to the headquarters of Britain’s MI6 spy agency has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
A man arrested with him has been separately charged with drug offences. Police identified him as 52-year-old Aly Akbar Khan and said he will appear in court later on Monday.
The two were arrested Friday in Wales after a suspect package was sent to the headquarters of the spy service and another was found at a London postal depot.
The Metropolitan Police said the packages had the potential to cause injury, but no one was hurt.
MI6’s fortress-like headquarters is a London landmark. In 2000, it was slightly damaged in a rocket attack by Irish Republican Army dissidents.
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