U.K.'s top cop blasts ABC over leaked bomb photos

Britain's top police officer has lashed out at ABC News' decision to televise leaked photographs of key evidence as part of its news coverage of the terror attacks in London, reports Reuters.

"Wednesday's edition of "World News Tonight" aired photos of unexploded devices found in the trunk of a car at the Luton train station north of London. The photos were widely picked up by newspapers around the world and even aired on the BBC the next day.

The pictures, which had not been released by Scotland Yard, showed an X-ray image of a glass bottle packed with explosives and covered by nails. The network also showed images of the wreckage of bombed tube trains in the aftermath of the July 7 attacks.

British newspapers and television stations had used the pictures despite Met requests to not do so.

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