Man held after threatening ‘Oslo-style attack’ says EDL-monitoring group

A man who allegedly threatened to bomb Asian restaurants and carry out an “Oslo-style” attack has been arrested, according to a group which monitors the English Defence League.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Apr 2012, 07:00 BST

Northumbria Police said a 29-year-old man from South Shields, South Tyneside, was held for questioning on Saturday on suspicion of assault and possessing racially inflammatory material. He has been bailed pending further inquiries, a force spokesman said.

According to the EDLNews website, which claims to “reveal the truth about the English Defence League”, the man posted on that he had “got a pipe bomb just 4 Ocean Road” – an area of South Shields known for its curry houses. The writer abused Muslims and then added: “GIVE ME A GUN AN AL DO YOU ALL OSLO STYLE”.

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The website claimed the man held by police was an EDL member.

Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik is currently on trial for mass murder after killing 77 people last July.

His Oslo car bomb killed eight before he went on to massacre 69 more people on Utoya Island.

Northumbria Police said the assault the man was arrested for was unrelated to the alleged racial offence concerning “posting of racially inflammatory material on a social networking site”. They said there was no apparent threat to the general public.

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