---According to CNN, one of the suspects is assumed to be dead ---
A jeep has driven into the terminal building at Glasgow airport and caught fire, police have confirmed.
Witnesses reported hearing a series of loud "bangs" and saw at least two men - one of whom was on fire - emerge from the vehicle.
Big jeep in which u get a cuffin also- reminds me of a Cherokee Cheney
Clarkson immediately knocked the cherokee driver down
The two men are described as bein of Asian descent. Security guards seemed to fight with one of them. The other one was extinguished from fire.
The first emergency call occured at 16:15H CET
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A car on fire has been driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport, police have confirmed.
Eyewitnesses have described a Jeep Cherokee being driven at speed towards the building with flames coming out from underneath.
They have also described seeing two Asian men, one of whom was on fire, who had been in the car.
Strathclyde Police said four people had been arrested and detained in connection with the incident.
The airport has been evacuated and all flights suspended following the incident at 1515 BST.
There was an Asian guy who was pulled out of the car by two police officers
Richard Gray
Eyewitness
yahoo:LONDON - Detectives hunted Saturday for suspects who abandoned two explosives-packed cars in the heart of London's nightlife district, reviewing closed circuit television footage and scouring the vehicles for clues.
Amid fears of further attacks, a burning sport utility vehicle crashed at full speed into the terminal building at Glasgow airport in Scotland, police and witnesses said.
The airport was evacuated and all flights suspended. TV footage showed flames and black smoke rising from a vehicle in front of the building.
"The Jeep is completely on fire and it exploded not long after. It exploded at the entrance to the terminal," witness Stephen Clarkson told the British Broadcasting Corp. "It may have been an explosion of petrol in the tank because it was not a massive explosion."
Earlier Saturday, counterterrorism officers at Scotland Yard briefed Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the British leader later chaired a meeting of top spies, police and senior officials in COBRA, the government's emergency committee, his office said.
Detectives said they were keeping an open mind about the suspects in the London case, but terrorism experts said the signs pointed to a cell linked to or inspired by al-Qaida. Police would not comment on an ABC News report saying police had a "crystal clear" picture of one suspect from CCTV footage.
Police said they were strengthening patrols in the city to reassure the public, with 350 officers on duty at the annual Gay Pride parade through central London, not far from where two Mercedes loaded with gasoline, gas canisters and nails were found Friday.
One car was abandoned outside a nightclub on Haymarket, a busy street of shops, clubs, theaters and restaurants just yards from Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus.
The other had been towed after being parked illegally on a nearby street and was discovered in an impound lot about a mile away near Hyde Park.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism chief, said the two devices could have caused "significant injury or loss of life."
The plot was uncovered a week before the second anniversary of the July 7 suicide bombings that killed 52 commuters on the city's transit system.
"London on the Edge" said the front-page headline in The Independent newspaper while the Daily Mail wondered, "Where's the Next Bomb?"
Mayor Ken Livingstone urged Londoners to remain vigilant.
"The discovery of two potential car bombs in central London, with those responsible still at large, means we face a very real threat of terrorist attack at this moment in time," he said.
The Times newspaper reported that police distributed a document to nightclubs two weeks ago warning of the threat from "vehicle-borne explosive devices" — car bombs. The document, prepared by the National Counterterrorism Security Office, took the form of general counterterrorism advice for British clubs.
Terrorism experts said the improvised devices discovered Friday were similar to ones used by homegrown terror cells — including the bombs used in the July 7 attacks — although the discovery of the second device suggested a coordinated and more sophisticated attack, possibly a terror cell with links to al-Qaida in Pakistan.
Intelligence officials were examining a post to an Islamist Web site — hours before the cars were found — that suggested Britain would be attacked for awarding a knighthood to the novelist Salman Rushdie and for intervening in Muslim countries.
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The green SUV barreled toward the building at full speed before crashing into security barriers. Witnesses said two men jumped out, one of them engulfed in flames. Two men were arrested, Strathclyde Police spokeswoman Lisa O'Neil said.
DERNIÈRE MINUTE 17h18 : Une voiture en feu percute le terminal de l'aéroport de Glasgow
Selon la BBC l'évacuation de l'aéroport aurait été ordonnée. "Une voiture a pénétré à l'intérieur du terminal. Elle était en feu", a indiqué à l'AFP un porte-parole de la police de Strathclyde, précisant qu'il était trop tôt pour dire s'il s'agissait d'un attentat. (AFP)
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