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Gunman tasered at Gatwick airport

by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) on Jul 29th 2009 at 11:00AM

If you're taking a bus to the airport, the last thing you want to see is one of your fellow passengers carrying a gun, especially if you're in England and you know the guy probably doesn't have permission to own one.

That's just what happened to a passenger going to Gatwick Airport near London this morning. As soon as his bus arrived at the airport's South Terminal he notified police and they wasted no time tasering the suspect and putting him in custody. According to this early report nobody else was injured and the suspect, who is described only as a man in his 40s, apparently had not made any threats to passengers or airport staff. He is now being questioned.

Gadling will post a followup to this story as more details emerge.

Filed under: Europe, United Kingdom, Airports, News

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