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Police have been given more time to question four people arrested in connection with the 7 July bombings, including a wife of one of the bombers. | Police have been given more time to question four people arrested in connection with the 7 July bombings, including a wife of one of the bombers. |
Hasni Patel, 29, the widow of Mohammed Sidique Khan, her brother Arshad Patel, 30, and Khalid Khaliq, 34 and Imran Motala, 22, were arrested on Wednesday. | Hasni Patel, 29, the widow of Mohammed Sidique Khan, her brother Arshad Patel, 30, and Khalid Khaliq, 34 and Imran Motala, 22, were arrested on Wednesday. |
They are being held in London on suspicion of commissioning, preparing or instigating acts of terrorism. | They are being held in London on suspicion of commissioning, preparing or instigating acts of terrorism. |
The four are now able to be held until 16 May, Scotland Yard said. | The four are now able to be held until 16 May, Scotland Yard said. |
'Co-operation' | |
Police have searched seven addresses in the West Midlands and West Yorkshire. | Police have searched seven addresses in the West Midlands and West Yorkshire. |
Properties in Dewsbury, Batley, Beeston in south Leeds, and Birmingham have been cordoned off for forensic investigation. | Properties in Dewsbury, Batley, Beeston in south Leeds, and Birmingham have been cordoned off for forensic investigation. |
Mohammad Sidique Khan bombed a Tube train at Edgware Road | |
The arrests on Wednesday morning followed an intelligence-led operation involving Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command and units in West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. | The arrests on Wednesday morning followed an intelligence-led operation involving Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command and units in West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. |
Earlier, Suresh Grover, who has represented Ms Patel since 2005, said he was "shocked and outraged" at the arrests. | Earlier, Suresh Grover, who has represented Ms Patel since 2005, said he was "shocked and outraged" at the arrests. |
"Hasina and her family have co-operated with the police, intelligence services, with the coroner, they have been in regular contact with everyone," he said. | "Hasina and her family have co-operated with the police, intelligence services, with the coroner, they have been in regular contact with everyone," he said. |
Ms Patel's husband, Mohammed Sidique Khan, is seen as the ringleader behind the attacks. | Ms Patel's husband, Mohammed Sidique Khan, is seen as the ringleader behind the attacks. |
Khan, 30, killed six people when he bombed a train near Edgware Road station. | Khan, 30, killed six people when he bombed a train near Edgware Road station. |
A train travelling between King's Cross and Russell Square was also bombed, as was a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square | A train travelling between King's Cross and Russell Square was also bombed, as was a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square |
Mr Khaliq is from Tempest Road in Beeston - the street where 7 July Aldgate Tube bomber Shehzad Tanweer lived. | Mr Khaliq is from Tempest Road in Beeston - the street where 7 July Aldgate Tube bomber Shehzad Tanweer lived. |
Tanweer was one of four suicide bombers to mount the co-ordinated attacks in the capital nearly two years ago, which killed 52 people and injured more than 750. | Tanweer was one of four suicide bombers to mount the co-ordinated attacks in the capital nearly two years ago, which killed 52 people and injured more than 750. |
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