Wait and see if it’s jihad related….situation still fluid.
EVERYBODY at Gatwick South is banned from leaving the building after bomb squad is called to North Terminal where police arrested a man with a ‘grenade in his bag’

- Witnesses said that police screamed ‘get down, get down’ to a passenger
- Police said the terminal was evacuated due to a suspicious package
- Explosive ordnance disposal officers were dispatched to the airport
- Flights are arriving and departing as normal, a spokesperson said
- Passengers at the South Terminal are not being allowed to leave
Gatwick North Terminal has been evacuated after a terror scare involving a ‘suspicious article’, with bomb disposal experts called to the scene and one eyewitness reporting that there will be a ‘controlled explosion’.
Meanwhile, travellers at the South Terminal are being prevented from leaving as police deal with the incident.
Witnesses said that armed police arrested a man at the North Terminal with a ‘grenade in a bag’ and screamed ‘get down, get down’ before they restrained him.