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Nine terror raid men handed over Nine terror raid men handed over
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Nine men questioned following raids in north-west England in connection with a suspected bomb plot have been handed over to the UK Borders Agency. Nine men questioned in connection with a suspected bomb plot have been handed over to the UK Borders Agency.
Two more men are still being questioned by the police under the Terrorism Act. Two more men are still being questioned by the police under the Terrorism Act, while another has already been released into the custody of the Borders Agency.
Anti-terror police raided at least 14 properties in Liverpool, the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester, and Clitheroe, Lancashire, on 8 April. Anti-terror police raided at least 14 properties in Liverpool, Manchester, and Clitheroe, Lancashire, on 8 April.
A Home Office spokesman said the UK was seeking to remove the men "on grounds of national security". A Home Office spokesman said the UK was now seeking to remove the men "on grounds of national security".
A total of 12 men were arrested in the raids and last week officers were given more time to question 11 of those men. Of the 12 men arrested in the raids, 11 were Pakistani nationals, 10 held student visas and one was from Britain.
An 18-year-old has already been released into the custody of the UK Borders Agency. Searches continue
Most of the men are Pakistani nationals in the UK on student visas.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We are seeking to remove these individuals on grounds of national security.A Home Office spokesman said: "We are seeking to remove these individuals on grounds of national security.
"The government's highest priority is to protect public safety. Where a foreign national poses a threat to this country we will seek to exclude or to deport, where this is appropriate.""The government's highest priority is to protect public safety. Where a foreign national poses a threat to this country we will seek to exclude or to deport, where this is appropriate."
A Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said searches were continuing at a property in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
"These arrests were carried out after a number of UK agencies gathered information that indicated a potential risk to public safety," she said.
"Officers are continuing to review a large amount of information gathered as part of this investigation.
"Investigations of this nature are extremely complex. We remain grateful to the support and cooperation of the communities affected."