Man arrested after bomb scare in London

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Police have arrested a man after he broke into a shop in London's Regent Street and threatened to blow himself up. [13 January 2010]

The man entered the Accessorize store in Regent St and threatened to blow himself up with a nail bomb. 

Officers arrived on the scene when a secret alarm was raised inside the store. After a marathon five hour stand off against police the man gave himself up. 

The roads in the area close to Oxford Circus Tube station were shut off and traffic was massively affected in the surrounding area. 

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