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Mo Slaughter | 03.08.2004 21:56
Thirteen men have been arrested in a series of anti-terrorism raids across Britain, police said tonight.
Police swooped on the men, all aged in their 20s and 30s, this afternoon and evening in a planned operation.
They are being held on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000. The arrests were made in north west London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Lancashire.
The raids are believed to be linked to international terrorism and were led by the Metropolitan Police's Anti-Terrorist Branch and supported by officers from Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Lancashire.
The jihadi fucks are set to be taken to a central London police station and interviewed by anti-terrorism officers.
In a statement tonight, the Met said the raids were part of a "pre-planned, on-going intelligence-led operation" and added: "Today's operation is part of continuing and extensive inquiries by police and the Security Service into alleged international terrorism."
According to the Met, officers are executing a number of search warrants at homes in London, Bushey, Luton and Blackburn.
Pictures from the BBC showed officers in fluorescent jackets searching a gold-coloured Mercedes in the first public indication of the wide-ranging raids.
The nine men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism in an operation led by Greater Manchester Police. They were all subsequently released without charge.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1275646,00.html
Police swooped on the men, all aged in their 20s and 30s, this afternoon and evening in a planned operation.
They are being held on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000. The arrests were made in north west London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Lancashire.
The raids are believed to be linked to international terrorism and were led by the Metropolitan Police's Anti-Terrorist Branch and supported by officers from Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Lancashire.
The jihadi fucks are set to be taken to a central London police station and interviewed by anti-terrorism officers.
In a statement tonight, the Met said the raids were part of a "pre-planned, on-going intelligence-led operation" and added: "Today's operation is part of continuing and extensive inquiries by police and the Security Service into alleged international terrorism."
According to the Met, officers are executing a number of search warrants at homes in London, Bushey, Luton and Blackburn.
Pictures from the BBC showed officers in fluorescent jackets searching a gold-coloured Mercedes in the first public indication of the wide-ranging raids.
The nine men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism in an operation led by Greater Manchester Police. They were all subsequently released without charge.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1275646,00.html
Mo Slaughter