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Canton police checking suspicious package at Fawcett Stadium (Ohio)
Fri, Jul. 20, 2007
CANTON - Authorities were investigating a suspicious package found this morning outside Fawcett Stadium near the Pro Football Hall of Fame, city police said.
Bomb sniffing dogs were being sent to the scene. Further details were unavailable. The Hall of Fame is open.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/17520052.htm
Two men held in Bristol after chemical found (U.K.)
20.07.07
Two men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2006, after police found two containers maked 'hydrogen peroxide', the chemical used in July 7 London bombings, at their flat. Police found the two 25 litre vessels in a flat they were searching as part of a drugs inquiry.
Officers from Avon and Somerset Police arrested the two men, one of Afghan origin and one from Somalia, on Wednesday evening after searching a flat in Stapleton Road in the Easton area of the city. "There is a heightened vigilance with the general terrorist threat and that has sparked our inquiry as to why someone would ostensibly be in possession of up to 50 litres of hydrogen peroxide," Steve Mortimore, Assistant Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said.
"If it turns out to be 50 litres of industrial strength hydrogen peroxide, then clearly there are some questions to answer," he said. "We've got one man from Afghanistan and one man from Somalia." The chemical had been taken away for forensic tests.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6907827.stm
Last Updated: Friday, 20 July 2007, 17:14 GMT 18:14 UK
“Terror arrests substance was oil”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Two men arrested under the Terrorism Act have been freed without charge after a suspicious substance was identified as “non-hazardous” oil.
The men were held after police searched a Bristol flat and found two 25-litre (5.5 gallon) containers labelled as holding hydrogen peroxide.
The discovery had led officers to suspect a link to terrorist activities.
One of the men is from Afghanistan and in his early 20s, while the other is Somali and in his early 50s.
The substance in the containers at the flat in Stapleton Road, Easton, is thought to be vegetable oil.
Police said the Afghan man had been bailed in connection with allegations of possession of class A drugs, and theft.
‘Appropriate’ response
The incident began on Wednesday night, when the man was arrested in the centre of Bristol on suspicion of a drugs offence.
In a follow-up search, police found the two containers, and the second man was arrested.
Forensic analysis by a Home Office scientist then found the substance inside the containers was an oil-based liquid which was not dangerous.
Police are still investigating how the containers came to be at the flat, and where they came from.”