Police in the City of London have confirmed that they are investigating what might have been a foiled terrorist attack last Tuesday, the day of the Queen Mother’s funeral.
According to a police spokeswoman for the London police, a car which had been stopped at a check-point near Tower Bridge pulled away before members of the police could question the car’s driver or passenger.
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Scene from Queen Mother’s funeral on Tuesday. Photograph: Reuters
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The car, which had Northern Ireland registration plates, was found in a nearby lane, and according to unconfirmed reports, was carrying two large sacks of fertiliser and architects plans of buildings in the City of London.
The car is describe as a blue-grey Ford Granada, while the driver of the car is descibed as a white male in his 20s. There was also a female passenger in the car.
The police spokesperson, however, said it was too early to say whether the incident was linked to terrorism, let alone to dissident republicans.
"We have only considered the possibility that it might be a dissident republican group, in the same way that we have considered other possibilities," the spokeswoman told ireland.com.
"It is too early to even say whether it was linked to terrorism.
"We are asking any member of the public who may be able to shed light on the incident to come forward, particularly either of the people in the car."
Fertiliser car bombs exploded outside the BBC Television Centre in Shepherd's Bush, west London, in March, 2001, and in Ealing, west London, in August.
The last suspected "Real IRA" attack in Britain was in Birmingham in November last year.