Thursday, 23 March 2017

Police raid 6 addresses and arrest 7 people in connection to the London attack.

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  • The Metropolitan Police confirmed it raided six addresses and arrested seven people in relation to the London attack.
  • One of the raids took place in a second floor flat on Hagley Road, Birmingham, England.
  • Five people, including a police officer, have been killed after the terrorist attack while 40 are injured.
  • Lone suspect shot dead by police after fatally stabbing PC Keith Palmer inside the grounds of the Houses of Parliament.
  • A car drove into pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge.
Armed police raided six addresses, including a home in Birmingham, England, early on Thursday morning, in connection to the terror attack that resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer, and at least 40 were injured, on Wednesday afternoon.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed in a press statement that it also arrested 7 people. 
One of the raids took place in a second floor flat, above a row of shops, on Hagley Road in the Egbaston area of the city. An eyewitness who spoke to the Press Association said: "The man from London lived here. They came and arrested three men."
The police closed off several roads in Birmingham as they raided that property.
As you can tell from the map of where the flat is situated, it is close to the University of Birmingham as well as the main shopping and entertainment hub for the city:




Lianna Brinded.
Full story at Business Insider.

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