As part of the investigation into the most recent terrorism related arrests made in Britain, authorities are searching 17 homes in addition to the Islamic School they are already searching.
LONDON (Reuters) – Police investigating an alleged terrorist training network searched 17 homes in the British capital on Sunday and were granted more time to question 14 suspects, they said.
The police also searched a sprawling Islamic school in southern England for a second day.
A court gave the police until Wednesday to question three of the 14 people arrested this weekend as part of the investigation, the police said in a statement.
The police were given permission to detain the remaining 11 until Friday, by which time they must decide to charge or release them or seek more time to question them.
"Searches are being carried out at 17 residential premises in south, east and north London," a police spokeswoman said.
A police source said on Saturday the operation focused on the suspected training and recruitment of terrorists.
The Guardian newspaper said in its Monday edition that police were probing "an alleged network of terror training camps in Britain."
It said some of the arrested men had been under surveillance for months, including when they spent time at an alleged terror camp in the scenic Lake District in northwestern England.
Interesting development. They only arrested 14 and some presumably were from the school. This may be even more extensive than initial reports indicated.
As everything is “alleged” at the moment, it may well turn out to be a false lead.
Yes, it “may be even more extensive than initial reports indicated”.
Maybe they even have Black Choppers too.
Or maybe, this is a false lead.
I would wait until it ends.
It is so easy to jump on the Fear Wagon, making a conspiracy theory of “Worldwide Terrorist Organization Secretly Running The Whole World”.
Arrests do not mean anything.