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Teenager tries to grab Olympic flame..and fails

A 17-year-old shouted 'Allahu Akbar' - Arabic for 'God is Great' - as he unsuccessfully tried to grab the Olympic torch during a stretch of the flame's route through Maidstone towards Redhill.
Broadcast live on the BBC, the youth lunged from the crowd to try to take the torch from the hands of its bearer Anna Skora, but was swiftly bundled away by officers.
Ms Skora was about to hand over the torch to Graham White, a Surrey charity worker, when the teenager burst out of the crowd and tried to grab it.
He managed to get through the line of police officers escorting the torch as it headed through the town.
One of the officers at the back of the group swiftly grabbed hold of Ms Skora and the torch, guiding them to the opposite side of the road.

The youth, from Gravesend, is currently being held in custody and the torch continued on its way without disruption, Kent Police said

*Edit - New video where he can be clearly heard shouting "Allahu Akbar". Thanks to Dmartyr for uploading http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dbc_1342811285

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Added: Jul-20-2012 Occurred On: Jul-20-2012
By: wrigley2345
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Tags: muslim, olympics, london 2012, allahu akbar, islam, filth
Location: Maidstone, England, United Kingdom (UK/GB) (load item map)
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