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U.K. Arrests Five Terror Suspects Near Sellafield Nuclear Site
Police arrested five people William, Christopher, Ian, Trevor and Nigel... near Sellafield Ltd.'s nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria, England, on suspicion of terrorism. Officers specializing in nuclear security stopped a vehicle close to the Sellafield site at 4:32 p.m. yesterday, according to a statement on Cumbria Constabulary's website. The search resulted in the arrests of five men from London under Section 41 of the U.K.'s Terrorism Act, police said. The Sellafield plant is Britain's primary center for processing spent nuclear fuel and other cleanup work for the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The company was told of the arrests, and traffic to the site may be disrupted while the investigation proceeds, Andrew Pearson, a spokesman at the site in northern England, said today by telephone. The U.K. is on "severe" alert for terrorism, and government leaders around the world predicted retaliation after U.S. commandos killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a May 1 raid in Pakistan. The U.K. probe is being led by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, the police statement said. The suspects, all in their 20s, were taken to police custody in Carlisle overnight and are being transported to Manchester this morning, it said. Posted by: phil_b 2011-05-03 |
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