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| Police are searching an Islamic school in East Sussex and 17 residential properties across London as part of an ongoing anti-terror investigation. | |
| Officers are also continuing 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, officers have been searching residential properties in north, south and east London. | |
| 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 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." | 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. |