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Eighth arrest in terror inquiry | Eighth arrest in terror inquiry |
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An eighth person has been arrested abroad as part of the inquiry into the failed car bombings at Glasgow Airport and in London, the BBC has learned. | An eighth person has been arrested abroad as part of the inquiry into the failed car bombings at Glasgow Airport and in London, the BBC has learned. |
Police have not specified in which country the arrest took place. | Police have not specified in which country the arrest took place. |
It is also understood the Metropolitan Police will be taking charge of both inquiries and are to transfer a suspect held in Scotland to the UK capital. | It is also understood the Metropolitan Police will be taking charge of both inquiries and are to transfer a suspect held in Scotland to the UK capital. |
Iraqi Bilal Abdulla will be taken to Paddington Green police station where another doctor is also being quizzed. | |
Dr Mohammed Asha, 26, who was brought up in Jordan and worked as a junior doctor at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, was arrested on the M6 in Cheshire on Saturday night along with a 27-year-old woman thought to be his wife. | |
Timeline: Failed bomb attacks Travel security raised Police response to attacks | |
Strathclyde Police said two men aged 28 and 25 arrested on Sunday were held at residencies of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. | |
The other man detained at Glasgow airport with Dr Abdulla had severe burns and remains in a critical condition, and under armed police guard, at the Royal Alexandra. | |
The hospital is where Dr Abdullah was employed as a locum. | |
The fifth person, a 26-year-old man, was arrested in Liverpool on Sunday. |