“Radicalized” Convert to Islam Arrested After He Was Injured in a Bomb Explosion in Exeter

Police in the United Kingdom are investigating after a bomb exploded in an Exeter restaurant at about 1250 BST on Thursday. One person (believed by police to be the bomber) was injured, and a second device was reported to have been found and made safe.

The suspect has been same named as 22-year-old Nicky Reilly from Plymouth. He has been arrested and taken to hospital.

The center of the city was evacuated by police until about 1900 Local Time (UTC+1).

Chief Constable Stephen Otter from Devon and Cornwall Police commented on the incident. He claimed that “the injured man had one of the explosive devices on him, which partially went off.” He continued, “the other [explosive], in the vicinity of the restaurant, did not go off.”

Otter also reported collaboration between police forces. “The Devon and Cornwall force was working with the Metropolitan Police as we do with any explosion where we cannot understand why it happened.

He refused to speculate on whether it was terrorism. “I would not say anything about terrorism at this stage because I do not know.”

The deputy chief constable of the police force said that he had been ” preyed upon, radicalized and taken advantage of.” Reilly recently converted to the Islam faith.

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