Raids take place as enquiry into failed UK bombings continues
{{date|July 6, 2007}}

[[w:Australian|Australian]] police have questioned four more people in connection with the failed bombing attempts in [[w:London|London]] and [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], seizing computers and other evidence in several raids.

The four being questioned are all doctors, working in hospitals in [[w:Perth|Perth]] and [[w:Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]].  They are reported to be of [[w:Indian|Indian]] origin, and have all been linked to the [[w:National Health Service|UK's National Health Service]].  Two of the men arrested in the UK have similarly been linked to Western Australian hospitals, to which they had applied for jobs, receiving multiple rejections.

Police have been granted an extra 96 hours to question Mohammed Haneef, who was arrested at [[w:Brisbane Airport|Brisbane International Airport]] on July 3.  They will be examining several thousand files stored on Haneef's laptop and a mobile telephone [[w:SIM card|SIM card]] which had been left with a suspect.

Raids have also taken place in [[w:Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[w:UK|UK]], at which four of the arrested suspects are believed to have lived and met in 2005.

The four men being questioned in Australia have not currently been placed under arrest, but are described as having links to the UK by the Federal Police Commissioner, [[w:Mick Keelty|Mick Keelty]].

==Related News==
*{{wikinews|title=Eighth suspect connected to failed UK bombings arrested|date=July 3, 2007}}
*{{wikinews|title=Controlled explosions take place as police enquiry continues|date=July 3, 2007}}
*{{wikinews|title=Further arrests following terror attacks in London and Glasgow|date=July 2, 2007}}
*{{wikinews|title=MI5 terror threat warning level raised to 'critical'|date=June 30, 2007}}
*{{wikinews|title=Car driven into Glasgow International Airport|date=June 30, 2007}}
*{{wikinews|title=Car bomb defused in central London|date=June 29, 2007}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6275918.stm
|title=New Australia raids over UK bombs
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|date=July 6 2007}} 
*{{source|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1273971,00.html|title=Raids In Australia Over Terror Attacks
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|pub=Sky News Online
|date=July 6 2007}} 

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Australian police have questioned four more people in connection with the failed bombing attempts in London and Glasgow, seizing computers and other evidence in several raids.

The four being questioned are all doctors, working in hospitals in Perth and Kalgoorlie.  They are reported to be of Indian origin, and have all been linked to the UK's National Health Service.  Two of the men arrested in the UK have similarly been linked to Western Australian hospitals, to which they had applied for jobs, receiving multiple rejections.

Police have been granted an extra 96 hours to question Mohammed Haneef, who was arrested at Brisbane International Airport on July 3.  They will be examining several thousand files stored on Haneef's laptop and a mobile telephone SIM card which had been left with a suspect.

Raids have also taken place in Cambridge, UK, at which four of the arrested suspects are believed to have lived and met in 2005.

The four men being questioned in Australia have not currently been placed under arrest, but are described as having links to the UK by the Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty.
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