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Police are continuing to search an Islamic school in East Sussex which was raided as part of an ongoing anti-terror investigation. | Police are continuing to search an Islamic school in East Sussex which was raided as part of an ongoing anti-terror investigation. |
Officers have also continued to question 14 men arrested in London. | Officers have also continued to question 14 men arrested in London. |
Twelve of the arrests - on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism - came at a Chinese restaurant in Borough. | Twelve of the arrests - on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism - came at a Chinese restaurant in Borough. |
Scotland Yard said the arrests were not connected to the alleged transatlantic jet bomb plot or the 7 July attacks. | Scotland Yard said the arrests were not connected to the alleged transatlantic jet bomb plot or the 7 July attacks. |
The men are being held at London's high-security Paddington Green police station. | The men are being held at London's high-security Paddington Green police station. |
As well as the Jameah Islameah Islamic school at Mark Cross, near Crowborough, East Sussex, officers have been searching a number of residential properties in the capital. | As well as the Jameah Islameah Islamic school at Mark Cross, near Crowborough, East Sussex, officers have been searching a number of residential properties in the capital. |
Sussex Police said searches at the school could take weeks but no arrests had been made there. | Sussex Police said searches at the school could take weeks but no arrests had been made there. |
A lake within the school grounds will also be inspected as part of the investigation. | |
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We are searching the buildings and woodland, and the lake will be searched as well." | |
The restaurant raided was the halal The Bridge to China Town, in the Borough area of south London. | The restaurant raided was the halal The Bridge to China Town, in the Borough area of south London. |
Profile: Jameah Islameah | Profile: Jameah Islameah |
Home Secretary John Reid is said to have been kept fully informed about the raids. | Home Secretary John Reid is said to have been kept fully informed about the raids. |
The BBC's Keith Doyle said they came after "months of surveillance into those suspected of recruiting or encouraging others to take part in terrorist activities". | The BBC's Keith Doyle said they came after "months of surveillance into those suspected of recruiting or encouraging others to take part in terrorist activities". |
Dr Muhammed Mukadam, the Chair of the Association of Muslim Schools in the UK, told BBC Five Live that the school was causing him "concern". | Dr Muhammed Mukadam, the Chair of the Association of Muslim Schools in the UK, told BBC Five Live that the school was causing him "concern". |
He said: "It is a school that is of concern to all. | He said: "It is a school that is of concern to all. |
"First of all it hasn't been registered by Ofsted and therefore technically speaking it shouldn't be operating as a school at all." | "First of all it hasn't been registered by Ofsted and therefore technically speaking it shouldn't be operating as a school at all." |
In a separate operation two men were arrested in anti-terror raids in Manchester. | In a separate operation two men were arrested in anti-terror raids in Manchester. |
The pair were detained under the Terrorism Act and three addresses in the Cheetham Hill area were searched. | The pair were detained under the Terrorism Act and three addresses in the Cheetham Hill area were searched. |