Police quiz terror suspects

Detectives were today continuing to question 11 suspected Algerian terrorists arrested in London and Manchester.

Six of the men were detained in London and four in Manchester in dawn raids yesterday. An 11th man was arrested in London later in the day.

The men were all believed to be aged in their 20s and 30s.

They were held under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 on suspicion of being involved in the "commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism".

The London arrests were carried out in the north, east and south-east of the capital by Scotland

Yard's Anti-Terrorist Branch.

All seven men arrested in the capital were taken to a police station in central London and remain in custody.

In Manchester, a 32-year-old man was held under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

The operation was carried out by Greater Manchester Police at the request of the Anti-Terrorist Branch.

He was being transferred to London for questioning.

Three others were also held under the Terrorism Act in the Manchester raid.

Police were searching all the addresses raided.

Anti-terrorism police in the UK have arrested more than 300 people since the September 11 attacks in the US.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens, and MI5 Director General Eliza Manningham-Buller have warned of the possibility of an al Qaida attack in the UK which could involve suicide bombers.

Over the past 18 months police and the security services have foiled a series of potential terror attacks.

Sir John said last week that anti-terrorism work was going on "in a major way" at the moment and he regarded it as "our major responsibility at this time".

Scotland Yard's head of anti-terrorist operations, Assistant Commissioner David Veness, says he is currently three times busier than he has ever been.

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