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On September 16, 2017, Ahmed Hassan was arrested by police officers in Dover, in southern England.
Less than 24 hours before, a bomb had partially detonated on the London Underground, injuring 30 people.It had been Hassan who planted the bomb — and he was apprehended as he was waiting to board a ferry to flee the country.
On Friday, the 18-year-old was found guilty of attempted murder.
In the aftermath of the verdict, the Metropolitan Police released a video explaining his attempts to evade capture in the aftermath of the attack, from destroying his SIM card to a series of disguises — and how investigators managed to track him down anyway.
Here’s what he tried, and how the police managed to find him:
On September 15, 2017, after priming the bomb in a public bathroom, Ahmed Hassan boarded a District Line tube train before getting off at Putney Bridge, leaving the bomb behind.
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The bomb exploded two minutes later, as he left the station.
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Here’s a CCTV still from the moment of the explosion.
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