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Parsons Green attack — Terror suspect Yahyah Farroukh, 21, sneaked into the UK from the Calais Jungle in the back of a lorry

ONE of the Tube train bucket bomb suspects sneaked into Britain in the back of a lorry.

The family of Yahyah Farroukh, 21, said the Syrian had been in the The Jungle migrant camp in Calais at 16.

 Suspect caught on CCTV 'carrying' bucket bomb before failed terror plot
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Suspect caught on CCTV 'carrying' bucket bomb before failed terror plot
 Yahyah Farroukh was arrested outside a chicken shop over the weekend
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Yahyah Farroukh was arrested outside a chicken shop over the weekend
 Yahyah Farroukh had been in The Jungle migrant camp, his family claim
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Yahyah Farroukh had been in The Jungle migrant camp, his family claim

His sister-in-law said in Terheijden, Holland: “He and his friend got to England on a lorry.

"He didn't want to stay in Egypt because there was no future there."

He was working in a fried chicken shop when arrested the day after Friday’s bomb injured 30 at Parsons Green in South West London.

Farroukh's relatives said he had visited after Eid but there were no signs he had been radicalised.

His sister-in-law added: "It's not possible that Yahyah would do something like make a bomb."

Police have been given additional time to quiz him and another suspect aged 18.

 Yahyah Farroukh pictured in central London with a pal
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Yahyah Farroukh pictured in central London with a pal
 Yahyah Farroukh was nicked by terror cops this week
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Yahyah Farroukh was nicked by terror cops this week
 Farroukh was held by cops over London nail bomb attack
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Farroukh was held by cops over London nail bomb attack
 Police say the Parsons Green explosion was caused by IED that only partly blew up
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Police say the Parsons Green explosion was caused by IED that only partly blew up
 Armed cops swoop on Parsons Green after suspected terror incident
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Armed cops swoop on Parsons Green after suspected terror incident
 30 people were injured in the bomb attack at Parsons Green tube station
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30 people were injured in the bomb attack at Parsons Green tube stationCredit: Getty Images - Getty
 Two men are in custody in connection with the bomb attack
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Two men are in custody in connection with the bomb attackCredit: AFP

The teenager, an Iraqi orphan, was arrested at Dover.

A couple in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, had fostered him.

 

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