Four arrested over July 7 terror attacks
Four people were arrested by anti-terror police in the UK today in connection with the July 7 attacks in London, Scotland Yard said.
Two men and a woman were arrested in West Yorkshire while another man was arrested in the West Midlands.
They were held on suspicion of the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000.
All four suspects were taken to a central London police station where they will be interviewed by anti-terror officers.
The arrests of the two men – aged 30 and 34 – and the 29-year-old woman in West Yorkshire took place at 7am.
Five houses in the area were searched, including two in Dewsbury, two in Beeston, south Leeds, and one in Batley.
Two flats in Birmingham are also searched, the Metropolitan Police said. The fourth man arrested is 22 years old.
No armed officers were used in today’s operation.
A police spokesman said: “This was a pre-planned, intelligence-led operation involving the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command and the counter terrorism units in West Yorkshire and the West Midlands.”
