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Post by Frenchie on Apr 26, 2009 19:53:01 GMT 1
Police have surrounded a man inside a car in Birmingham city centre with "canisters" surrounding his body and his hands bound.
Fire crews, an Army bomb disposal team and negotiators with West Midlands Police are at the scene in Saltley.
Ch Supt Tom Coughlan said it was unclear whether the man was conscious and whether he was there of his own accord or was a victim of crime.
A police cordon has delayed trains at the city's New Street rail station.
Update:
A man found in a car in Birmingham city centre with his hands tied and canisters attached to his body had been kidnapped, police have revealed.
West Midlands said the man had been put in the car and told it contained a bomb.
Chief Supt Tom Coughlan said the man was removed in a seven hour operation and taken to hospital.
Several homes were evacuated and trains using New Street Station were delayed when a 500m police cordon was set up.
The incident started just before 1030 BST when a lorry driver called the emergency services after spotting the man, described as Asian by police, in a car at the junction of Clarel Avenue and Landor Street, Saltley. Some people have been evacuated from their homes and were being offered shelter at Saltley Leisure Centre by the local authority, police said.
A no-fly zone has also been imposed over the immediate area.
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