Community worker Abdul Motin revealed today how he came within inches of the Brick Lane bomb.

And he has spoken of his fear that neo-Nazis could strike next in the Bradford area.

Mr Motin, who works at the Bangladeshi Community Association in Keighley, was today due to call for an increased police presence on the streets when he and fellow community leaders met police.

The 26-year-old father-of-one drove down London's Brick Lane minutes before the nail bomb exploded on Saturday.

"I nearly parked in the space in front of the Sierra car that contained the bomb, but I parked across the street instead," he said.

"The bomb went off as I was walking away from my car. It was chaos, luckily my car wasn't damaged but it had broken glass all over it. God knows what would have happened to us if we had parked right in front of the Sierra."

Mr Motin had been in London visiting his sister Amina, who lives in the Brick Lane area. Many of Keighley's 4,000-strong Bangladeshi community as well as those in Bradford have relatives in the Brick Lane area which is the biggest expatriate Bangladeshi community in the world.

Now Mr Motin is concerned that Bradford could become the next target for the hardcore of extremists engaged in the terrorist campaign.

He was passing on his concerns to Sergeant Alan Gee of Keighley police who has invited community representatives to today's meeting at Keighley police station.

"We would like to see that police are stepping up a gear and perhaps having a more visible police presence in public places. In London they immediately offered to put an extra 300 officers on the beat," he said.

Asian community members were due to meet top ranking police officers at 5pm.

Superintendent Derek Bonnard, head of Keighley police, said the meeting was to reassure people that officers were alert to the potential threat.

He stressed that police intelligence did not suggest any immediate threat to West Yorkshire.

"But we are asking the public to be vigilant and if they see anything suspicious to contact a police officer immediately,'' he said.

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