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Man arrested over UK letter bombs

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- British authorities early Monday arrested a suspect in connection with a series of parcel bombings across Britain that injured several people in recent weeks, police told CNN.

The man in his 20s was held in Cambridge, eastern England, in connection with seven attacks which targeted businesses linked to forensic science laboratories and traffic enforcement.

Forensic officers are now examining a house in the city -- a search expected to last several days.

Police said they couldn't guarantee there were not more devices in the postal system and have urged members of the public to be vigilant.

Six people were hurt in the last attack on February 7 at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea, Wales, while at least nine people have been injured in total.

Police said the bombs were homemade pyrotechnic devices delivered in padded envelopes and intended to shock rather than kill. At least two contained glass. Detectives believe all seven attacks are linked.

The first three were delivered to forensic laboratories in central England, while other attacks occurred at companies involved in tracking and monitoring motorists, including the head office of the company charged with running London's congestion zone scheme.

The other package was sent to a house in Kent used as a business address, where it exploded, injuring the householder.

Detectives investigating the attacks have been liasing with Cambridgeshire police over a parcel bomb attack on a local Labour Party office in Cambridge last August, the UK's Press Assocation reported.

At least one of the packages is said to have featured a Cambridgeshire post mark.

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