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| UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester | UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester |
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| The Met police carried out an operation to arrest three terrorist suspects in the east of the British capital, another man was detained in Leicestershire. | The Met police carried out an operation to arrest three terrorist suspects in the east of the British capital, another man was detained in Leicestershire. |
| The police said that four men were arrested for “preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism” as part of a proactive investigation.Three suspects were detained at two separate addresses in East London, with one more apprehended in Leicestershire. | The police said that four men were arrested for “preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism” as part of a proactive investigation.Three suspects were detained at two separate addresses in East London, with one more apprehended in Leicestershire. |
| Video on social media showed armed officers from the Counter Terrorism Command breaking into a home in Goodmayes and escorting two men outside. | Video on social media showed armed officers from the Counter Terrorism Command breaking into a home in Goodmayes and escorting two men outside. |
| “No shots were fired” during the operation, according to the law enforcers, but one man was bitten on the foot by a police dog and taken to hospital. | |
| Witnesses told local media that loud bangs, which resembled gunshots, were heard. | |
| The loud noises weren’t gunshots, but “part of distraction tactics used by officers,” a police spokesman clarified later. | The loud noises weren’t gunshots, but “part of distraction tactics used by officers,” a police spokesman clarified later. |
| The suspects were aged between 17 and 32, the police said, adding that the officers have been conducting searches at four locations in East London. | The suspects were aged between 17 and 32, the police said, adding that the officers have been conducting searches at four locations in East London. |
| The neighbors at one of the addresses where the arrests were made told the UK media that they were “a little bit shaken” by what had happened. | |
| They also said they didn’t know the inhabitants of the home, which the police raided, too well because “they don't speak very good English.” The locals added that it was a “mystery” for them, who actually lived in the house, due to people always coming and going. | |
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