Police release woman questioned over terror attacks
Police have released one of three people being questioned in London about the terror attacks in the US, Scotland Yard said today.
Sonia Raissi, 25, was released without charge shortly after 8pm last night.
Anti-terrorist officers were continuing to quiz her husband Lotfi Raissi, 27, and a second man, who was arrested in Birmingham on Friday.
They were also quizzing three men arrested in Leicester yesterday over possible links to anti-American terrorist activities in Europe.
Sonia Raissi was arrested with her husband at their home in Colnbrook, Berkshire, on Friday under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said.
Detectives were continuing to question Mr Raissi and a second man in his mid-40s, who was arrested in Birmingham on Friday, the spokeswoman added.
Magistrates have granted police an extension, allowing them to question the two men until an unspecified time tomorrow.
Under the provisions of the Terrorist Act 2000, detectives could apply for a further extension to hold them until Friday.
A fourth suspect, Mohamed Raissi, 29, was released without charge over the weekend.
Anti-terror police yesterday arrested three men at two addresses in Leicester - one aged 29, another 35, and the other believed to be in his 20s.
They were not suspected of being involved in the atrocities in the United States two weeks ago.
But their detention was believed to be linked to previous arrests made in France, Belgium and Holland.
Seven suspected Islamic fundamentalist terrorists who were thought to be planning attacks on American interests in France, including the US embassy, were arrested in Paris last week.
Two flats in the French capital were raided and documents and computer records seized.
Other arrests were made in Belgium and Holland soon after the terror attacks in New York and Washington.
Police who searched suspects’ homes there found fake passports and plans of the US embassy in Paris.
The three men arrested yesterday were being questioned at a Leicestershire police station.
Both streets were sealed off for most of the day following the early morning arrests.
A red Peugeot car was removed from near the one of the houses in Prospect Hill.
Leicestershire Constabulary said officers would guard both properties throughout the night, but refused to give any more details about the three men arrested.
A police spokeswoman said: ‘‘We are not saying what, if anything, has been recovered from these two premises.’’
