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Four arrested over 7 July attacks | Four arrested over 7 July attacks |
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Four people have been arrested in connection with the 7 July bombings in London, in which 52 people were killed. | Four people have been arrested in connection with the 7 July bombings in London, in which 52 people were killed. |
Officers from the Met Police arrested two men and a woman in West Yorkshire and one man in the West Midlands. | Officers from the Met Police arrested two men and a woman in West Yorkshire and one man in the West Midlands. |
The four, aged between 22 and 34, are suspected of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000. | |
Officers are searching addresses in Dewsbury, Beeston and Batley in West Yorkshire, and two flats in Birmingham. | |
The suspects are being taken to a central London police station where they will be interviewed later. | |
Others charged | |
Police said it was an intelligence-led operation involving the Met's counter terrorism command and units in West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. | |
They said the inquiry into the 2005 attacks on three Tube trains and a bus in London remained a "painstaking investigation" into whether anyone knew what the suicide bombers were planning, and who may have helped them. | |
Last month the first people to be charged in connection with the bombings appeared at the Old Bailey in central London. | |
Mohammed Shakil, 30, Sadeer Saleem, 26, and Waheed Ali, 23, of Beeston, Leeds, are accused of conspiring with the four bombers to cause explosions. | |
The trio, who came before the court via a video link from prison, were remanded in custody until 8 June. |