ACPO national coordinator of domestic extremism Anton Setchell holds up one of the exploded letter bombsA man has been arrested in connection with a series of letter bomb attacks on motoring related businesses.
The 48-year-old was arrested in Woking, Berkshire, late last night under the Mental Health Act.
He called in a national radio phone-in programme claiming that he had sent the letters and wanting to give his reasons why he did it.
Anton Setchell, the police’s national co-ordinator for domestic extremism, said the man apparently wanted to go on air to claim responsibility and explain his reasons for doing it.
‘As a result of quick thinking of the BBC researcher, he did not get on to the live show and the police were immediately contacted,’ Mr Setchell said.
One of the exploded letter bombs
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