12 still being quizzed after UK 'terror' swoops
Twelve suspected terrorists arrested in a series of raids all over Britain are still being questioned today.
Police said the men, all in their 20s and 30s, were seized on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
Scotland Yard, which led the operation, refused to discuss whether the raids were linked to the seizure of computer files from al-Qaida suspects captured in Pakistan.
Armed officers swooped in a series of raids in north-west London, Bushey in Hertfordshire, Luton in Bedfordshire, and Blackburn, Lancashire.
The suspects were taken to Paddington Green police station in central London to be interviewed by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Anti-Terrorist Branch.
A 13th man, also detained yesterday in Willesden, north London, has since been de-arrested and released with no further action, police said.
Officers are continuing to search a number of premises and are currently executing search warrants, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said.
