LONDON (AP) — A teenager on Friday unsuccessfully tried to grab the Olympic torch from a runner taking the flame from the town of Maidstone to Redhill, near London. Local police say a 17-year-old launched himself at the flame as it passed through the English riverside town of Gravesend and has since been arrested. The runner swerved aside and the relay wasn't disrupted. This year's torch relay has not been hit by the human rights protests that bedeviled the Beijing Olympic relay in 2008. But police are still ready to ward off attention-seekers who might try to attack the flame on its 8,000 mile (12,800 kilometer) journey. The torch is due to arrive in London later Friday, when a Royal Marine will rappel with it from a helicopter to the Tower of London.
Teen tries to grab torch during Olympic relay
Jul. 20 6:38 AM EDT
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This image made available by LOCOG shows British Artist Torchbearer 068 Tracey Emin as she carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Margate and Westgate-On-Sea in southern England Thursday July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Yui Mok/LOCOG)
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