As specialists speculate that the massive fire at an electronic station near London’s Heathrow Airport has the hallmarks of a potential Russian damage story, American counter-terrorism authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
The fire, which broke out late on Thursday, caused the busiest airport in Europe to lose power, cancelling over 1,300 flights and causing delays to go for roughly 291, 000 people. The Metropolitan Police stated that its violence order may take the lead in the investigation while regulators have yet to determine the cause, keeping an “open thinking” regarding possible foul enjoy.
Security experts are concerned about possible international intervention, with some referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a possible aggressor. Anthony Glees, a professor at the University of Buckingham, claimed that the UK’s MI5 intelligence agency is good looking into whether the incident was a Kremlin-backed attack.
Glees told LBC,” We are required to take into account Russian military knowledge participation in such a situation.” It’s a significant blow to the federal system of our country. The fact that this certain electrical substation exploded does not seem coincidental given that there are more than 585, 000 in the UK.
These worries have been echoed by previous defense leaders. The blaze bore” all the marks of Russian damage,” according to Colonel Hamish de Bretton Gordon. He cited a fire at a Ukrainian-owned inventory in London last year as an example of how rare these kinds of situations are, which was afterwards linked to fire supported by Russia.
There is still no conclusive proof, but superficially, this comes right out of Moscow’s destroy playbook, according to Gordon. It’s unusual for backup systems to fail as well as stations to get fire. The schedule is very uncertain.
Former major public Jonathan Shaw, an ex-director of special forces, also issued a warning about possible Russian presence, saying,” Of course, we should be concerned. This is a real chance and shows our vulnerability.
Despite these instructions, British energy minister Ed Miliband claimed on Friday that there was no conclusive evidence of bad play. In contrast, Jonathan Smith, the deputy director of the London fire brigade, confirmed that the police were just looking into the incident while fire officials were looking into it. He did not say whether the incident was being treated as a potential terrorist act.
