Two UK journalists held over attempted fake bomb sting

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LONDON, July 25 (AFP): Two British newspaper journalists were arrested Tuesday after trying to plant a fake bomb on a train to test security, the publication and police said.
The unnamed pair, both men working for the Daily Mirror tabloid, were detained Tuesday afternoon at the Stonebridge Park depot towards the end of the Bakerloo London Undeground line in the north-west of the British capital.
Railway staff alerted British Transport Police after catching them carrying their "bomb" on the premises. A Daily Mirror spokesman said their actions were a "legitimate and justified journalistic exercise" because last year they had attempted and succeeded in planting a fake bomb on a nuclear train, highlighting serious security lapses.
"We therefore felt that it was a legitimate and justified journalistic exercise to repeat the action in the interests of public safety. We are happy to see that the security procedures have now improved," he added.