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The airport in Glasgow, Scotland, was evacuated after a flaming car ran into the terminal.

Here is the entire AP story via BBC available at this time:

GLASGOW, Scotland — Witnesses said a motorist tried to ram a Jeep Cherokee in flames into the main terminal building of Glasgow airport Saturday, reports said.

The British Broadcasting Corp. said witnesses described an SUV driving at full speed toward the terminal building with flames pouring out from the car.

The airport was evacuated and all flights suspended, the report said.

Police, however, said two cars had collided outside the airport around 3:15 p.m., with one of them bursting into flames.

Strathclyde Police spokeswoman Lisa O’Neil did not confirm media reports saying the motorist tried to drive into the terminal building.

“One car is on fire, but it is not clear if it went inside the terminal building,” she said.

Here’s more information from CNN:

LONDON, England (CNN) — A burning car has been driven into the terminal building of Glasgow Airport in Scotland, police confirmed on Saturday.

Police and witnesses described an SUV-style vehicle in flames being driven at full speed towards the building.

The incident comes with the UK already on alert for terror attacks a day after two cars loaded with explosives were discovered in London.

An eyewitness at the airport speaking to a British TV network said there appeared to be injuries. Images showed black smoke and flames rising from the vehicle just outside the building. Sirens could be heard in the background.

A witness told Sky News that a man had fled from the car as it struck the building and been immediately wrestled to the ground by police.

“The jeep is completely on fire and it exploded not long after. It exploded at the entrance to the terminal,” one witness, Stephen Clarkson, told the BBC.

“It may have been an explosion of petrol in the tank because it was not a massive explosion.”

Airport authorities said the airport had been evacuated and all flights suspended.

Update: Here’s the latest AP update via Breitbart News.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Two men rammed a flaming sport utility vehicle into the main terminal of Glasgow airport Saturday, crashing into the glass doors at the entrance in what appeared to be the third terror attack on Britain in two days, witnesses said. Police said two suspects were arrested.
There were no reports of injuries but the airport—Scotland’s largest—was evacuated and all flights suspended, a day after British police thwarted a plot to bomb central London, discovering two cars abandoned with loads of gasoline, gas canisters and nails.

“One has to conclude … these are linked,” Dame Pauline Neville- Jones, former head of Britain’s joint intelligence committee, told Sky News. “This is a very young government, and we may yet see further attacks.”

Britain’s prime minister, Gordon Brown, who took office only Wednesday, was being briefed on developments, Downing Street said.

Also, the president has ordered extra precautions at American airports, which makes me feel warm and fuzzy since we are flying to Texas on Friday the 13th of July and returning on Monday the 16th of July.

I’m changing the category on this post from “Uncategorized” to “Terrorism” since that word has now been used by the British authorities.