A further two men have been arrested in connection with London tube attack

Two men have been arrested in Wales over the terror attack on a tube train last Friday, bringing the total number of suspects in custody to five.

A 48-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were detained under the Terrorism Act in the early hours of this morning, after police conducted a search at an address in Newport.

Last Friday, thirty people were injured when a homemade bomb partially exploded on a packed District Line train at Parsons Green station.

Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Metropolitan Police counter terrorism command, said: ‘This continues to be a fast-moving investigation.

Police have also confirmed that searches at two addresses in Newport are still ongoing.

‘A significant amount of activity has taken place since the attack on Friday. Detectives are carrying out extensive inquiries to determine the full facts behind the attack.

‘We anticipate that the searches will take some days to complete and may cause further disruption. However, it is important that we continue with these searches and I’d like to thank all those affected for their support, patience and cooperation.’

A third man, 25, was also arrested in Newport on Tuesday evening.

Eyewitness Sully Ali, 19, said ‘A big van pulled up and six officers got out and jumped this guy.

‘There were two armed officers there, they didn’t have their guns pointed at him but they had them on show. The guy was smiling. I didn’t hear him saying anything or the police saying anything to him.’

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The latest raids were carried out by the Met Counter Terrorism Command, assisted by Gwent Police and the Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (Wectu).

Detectives have already been granted more time to question two suspects, Yahyah Farroukh, 21, and an 18-year-old man, over Friday morning’s bomb attack on a London Underground train, which injured 30.