Britons packed churches Sunday to mourn victims of last weeks brutal bomb attacks on London's transport system, while police sorted through hundreds of tips from the public and said they arrested three men at Heathrow airport Sunday under anti-terrorism laws.
Police disclosed the arrest during a briefing on their investigation, but cautioned against linking the detentions to the Thursday explosions on three subway trains and a double-decker bus in which at least 49 people were killed and 700 wounded. Sixty victims remained in hospitals Sunday.
"I am told that it is inappropriate and pure speculation at this stage to be drawing any direct linkages with the attacks in London, and at this stage we are not in a position to give any further information," said Brian Paddick, deputy assistant commissioner of Metropolitan Police.
Deep underground, police continued the hot, filthy work of searching for bodies from the worst of the subway bombings. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered so far in the tunnel between Russell Square and King's Cross stations, said Andy Trotter, assistant chief constable of British Transport Police. Those victims are part of the total death count of 49.
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