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Nine arrests in London blast investigation
P olice arrested nine men in last week's attempted bombings in the British capital in two south London raids Thursday. The men were seized at two addresses in Tooting: six at one location and three at a second. None of those arrested is believed one of the suspected bombers and no explosives were found. Three women were arrested Wednesday night following a raid at an apartment near Stockwell station. The first of the suspected July 21 bombers, Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, was seized during a raid in the Small Heath area of Birmingham at around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday and taken to London's high security Paddington Green police station for questioning. The arrests came as British Transport Police went on high alert, undertaking what it called the rail system's "largest ever deployment of police." The alert was not in response to any specific information, they said. However, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair warned Thursday more attacks were possible either by the bombers who had not been caught or another cell. Posted by: Steve 2005-07-28 |
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