Bomb probe troops blast into home
Ban lifted on U.S. airmen visiting London
Tuesday, July 12, 2005; Posted: 9:52 a.m. EDT (13:52 GMT)
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Troops and police investigating last week's terrorist attacks in London have carried out a controlled explosion to gain access to a house in northern England, police said.
Five hundred people were evacuated from the area of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, and streets cordoned off, officers said. Earlier Tuesday, police searched five other residences in the city. No arrests have been announced.
The raids were the first in the nationwide investigation of last Thursday's bombings that killed at least 52 people on three London underground trains and a bus.
Police said troops had carried out a controlled explosion so police could enter a home in the Burley area of Leeds to search for explosives. The house was unoccupied.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/12/london.attacks/index.htmlInteresting. Neither 10 Downing Street, London nor 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. were raided...