Five people were arrested under the terrorism act in connection with a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv earlier this week, police said today. Two men and two women were arrested in Derbyshire and a woman was held in Nottinghamshire, a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said. She said: "Officers from the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism branch, working with local officers, arrested five people in a series of operations in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire as part of ongoing inquiries being carried out following a terrorist incident in Tel Aviv on Wednesday." All five were arrested yesterday under the Terrorism Act 2000 which relates to those suspected of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
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They were all being taken into custody at central London police stations. Police were searching addresses in the area. No weapons or any explosive devices are believed to have been found. The arrests follow a joint British and Israeli security services operation to establish how a British Muslim became a suicide bomber. Israeli police claim Assif Mohammed Hanif, 21, of Hounslow, west London, detonated a device in the doorway of Mike's Place, a bar in Tel Aviv, in the early hours of Wednesday, killing three other people. Authorities are still hunting for his 27-year-old accomplice, Omar Khan Sharif, from Derby, who is alleged to have fled the scene of the bombing after his device failed to detonate. |