British police arrest ten due to terrorism suspicions
{{date|October  8, 2005}}

Ten suspected terrorists were arrested in three different parts of [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. In the [[Croydon]] section of south [[London]] three men were arrested. In {{w|Wolverhampton}}, four were arrested in a series of dawn raids at three addresses and three in Derby, [[Scotland Yard]] said.

=== Police Give Little Detail on the Case ===

Police and the security service, [[MI5]] say that they made the arrest as a result of a “investigation”. Forensic searches were undertaken at all the properties, but the police gave no details of the nationality of the individuals. A spokesman said the investigation was not connected to the bomb attacks in London in July. Scotland Yard, meanwhile, has called on the government to provide more resources and funds to tackle the terrorist threat in the capital.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1588214,00.html
|title=Police arrest 10 in dawn swoops on suspected terrorists
|author=The Observer
|pub=The Observer
|date=October 9, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20051008/wl_nm/security_britain_arrests_dc_1
|title=British police arrest 10 in terrorist probe
|author=
|pub=Reuters
|date=October 8, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20051008/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksarrests_051008153406
|title=Anti-terror police arrest 10 in Britain
|author=
|pub=AFP
|date=October 8, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/08/uk.terror.arrests.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
|title=10 held in UK anti-terror raids
|author=
|pub=AP
|date=October 8, 2005}}

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Ten suspected terrorists were arrested in three different parts of Britain. In the Croydon section of south London three men were arrested. In , four were arrested in a series of dawn raids at three addresses and three in Derby, Scotland Yard said.

Police and the security service, MI5 say that they made the arrest as a result of a “investigation”. Forensic searches were undertaken at all the properties, but the police gave no details of the nationality of the individuals. A spokesman said the investigation was not connected to the bomb attacks in London in July. Scotland Yard, meanwhile, has called on the government to provide more resources and funds to tackle the terrorist threat in the capital.
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