SUV Rams Scottish Airport Terminal, Explodes
Sky News has reported anywhere from two to four people being arrested.
Four people have been arrested after a jeep was driven into the terminal building at Glasgow airport and caught fire, police have confirmed.
Witnesses reported hearing a series of loud "bangs" and saw at least two men - one of whom was on fire - emerge from the vehicle.
There are reports of several injuries.
The Cherokee 4x4 smashed into a glass door at Terminal One of the airport, the busiest in Scotland, which has now been closed.
Witnesses said some of the hundreds of people in the area removed gas cylinders from the jeep before it caught fire.
But there are reports the men were trying to fling petrol onto the flames.
Scott Gleeson said he saw the jeep speed up and swerve towards the terminal at an angle to hit the door.
"They were obviously trying to get through to cause as much damage as possible," he said.
Police say it is too early to say whether the incident - which comes after failed car bomb attacks in London - was related to terrorism.
Holidaymaker Stephen Clarkson said he knocked one of the men to the floor before police intervened.
He said: "There was an Asian male. He was lying on the floor and he was on fire, the Jeep was on fire as well.
"The fellow got up and started fighting with police. I managed to knock the Asian fellow to the ground and four police officers got on top of him."
***UPDATE***
The suspect was then arrested by police and taken to Paisley's Alexandra hospital, which has since been evacuated.
The second man was arrested and taken to Govan police station.
Since the attack, Blackpool airport has been shut down and security tightened at Newcastle and Edinburgh airports. The US has also installed extra security at its airports.
UNCONFIRMED: Apparently the reason for the hospital evacuation is because the suspect was wearing a bomb vest/belt, which police later detonated.
***UPDATE***
Looks like they were moose-limbs.
Early Sunday, after a day of fast-moving developments, the London police announced that two people had been arrested in Cheshire, in northwest England, “in connection with the events in London and Scotland.”
The arrests were in addition to those of the two occupants of the blazing car at Glasgow Airport. A witness to the attack said on BBC television that one of the car’s occupants had been ablaze from head to foot, and as he struggled with the police, “was throwing punches and shouting ‘Allah, Allah.’ ”
Britain’s threat level is now at “critical,” meaning another attack is considered imminent. The threat has not been as high since last year, after authorities discovered what they called a plot to attack trans-atlantic airliners with liquid explosives.
A British security official, who like many other officials who disclosed information insisted on anonymity, said Saturday that the heightened level reflected an assessment that the London and Glasgow cases were “linked in some ways and, therefore, there are clearly individuals who have the capability and intent to carry out further attacks.”
The links relate to the way the London car bombs and Glasgow airport attack were planned, using vehicles and gasoline, the official said.
More airport news: An airport in Spain had a bomb threat, police detonate a suspicious package.
