Posted on 09/18/2010 9:15:19 PM PDT by BlackVeil
British police freed six men without charge after they were arrested over an alleged plot to launch an attack during Pope Benedict XVI's state visit, Scotland Yard said.
"Six men who were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Friday, 17 September, were all released without charge late on Saturday night and early this morning [Sunday]," it said in a statement.
Counter-terrorism police raided a cleaning depot in London early on Friday to arrest five men, aged between 26 and 50, "on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism", police had said.
A sixth man was detained later that day.
The men were street cleaners employed in the Westminster district of London where the Pope spent much of Friday and Saturday, the local authority confirmed.
Reports said the men were all of North African origin but there was no confirmation from police.
The Vatican on Saturday played down the threat after the arrests of the men.
"We never attributed much importance to these arrests," Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said. ...
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Norte Africano.
Moose?!?!?!?
Of course they’re Muslim. As usual, the Pope forgives them. They’ll be back to create more mayhem, I’m sure.
The Daily Telegraph reported that those arrested are Muslims. The Vatican says that they attached little importance to the story of the arrests (although it was big news at the time.) They have now been released, and it appears there was no plot and they are not guilty of anything.
Reports said the men were all of North African origin but there was no confirmation from police. The Vatican on Saturday played down the threat after the arrests of the men. "We never attributed much importance to these arrests," Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said.
So there was never a plot. I am reading this right?
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