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UK police detain two under terrorism law
Two men were arrested at Manchester Airport under Britain's terrorism laws late on Thursday afternoon, police said. A third was arrested later in the evening in the northwest English town of Accrington. The pair arrested at the airport was from the Blackburn area, also in northwest England, Lancashire police said in a statement posted to their website. A spokesman for Lancashire police said all three men were in their 20s and identified them as being "Asian", meaning that they were of Indian, Bangladeshi, or Pakistani ethnicity. He said he did not know whether they were British citizens, and spoke on condition of anonymity in line with force policy. Bill Crawshaw, terminal duty manager at Manchester Airport, said there had been no disruption to the airport's operations, and referred other questions to the police. Posted by: Fred 2008-08-16 |
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