Bomb disposal squad deployed in central England after arrests

Police arrest five men on suspicion of being involved in instigation of acts of terrorism


Reuters August 26, 2016
An army bomb disposal team had been called in as a precautionary measure. PHOTO: TWITTER/BritishArmy

LONDON: A British army bomb disposal team was deployed to an area in Birmingham, central England, on Friday after police arrested five men on suspicion of being involved in the instigation of acts of terrorism.

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The West Midlands police force said as a result of one of the arrests, an army bomb disposal team had been called in as a precautionary measure to the Lee Bank area of Birmingham.

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