The property being searched by counter-terrorism police investigating the London subway bombing belongs to an elderly couple who have for years taken in foster children.
Ronald Jones, 88, and his wife Penelope Jones, 71, have been honored by Queen Elizabeth II for their work with children in need of a stable home.
They are reported to be staying with friends while the search continued Sunday in the suburban town of Sunbury southwest of London.
Police have not provided details about the extensive search, which began two hours after an 18-year-old suspect in the subway bombing was arrested at Dover’s ferry port.
A friend, Alison Griffiths, says they are “great pillars of the community” who have taken in several hundred children in the last 40 years.
The entire neighborhood around their house was evacuated as a precaution when the search began Saturday. Residents were allowed to return home Sunday but the Jones’ house remains cordoned off.
— AP
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