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LONDON, APRIL 6. British and U.S. intelligence agencies and police foiled a plot to create a chemical vapour bomb in Britain, the British Broadcasting Corporation said on Tuesday. The alleged plot involved osmium tetroxide, a catalyst used in industry, but there was no indication that the suspected plotters had obtained any of the substance, the BBC said, citing security sources. London's Metropolitan police said they ``were not prepared to discuss'' the report. It was not clear whether the report was related to the arrest of nine British men last week and the seizure of a half-ton of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which has been used in terrorist bombs. The BBC said the plot apparently was to mix the chemical into a bomb, which would create a toxic cloud upon detonation. The U.S. network ABC had reported on Monday that the U.S. and British intelligence had discovered the plot. ABC suggested that osmium tetroxide would cause victims to choke to death.
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