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LONDON (Reuters) - A "performance artist" sparked a major security alert in London on Wednesday when she left five packages, one with nails sticking out of it, across a busy area of the city during the morning rush-hour, police said.
The woman, who has not been named, told officers she had strategically planted the "devices" around the Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith Grove areas of west London, a major traffic and transport hub crammed with commuters on their way to work.
There are definitely times when the UK police oevrreact but this is one where I reckon they are justified in doing whatever they want. I hope that at the least they send her the bill for all the police time and effort. What an idiot!