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Four held in royal visit 'terror' alert [Attempt to
bomb the British Queen?}
The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | March 31, 2006 | By Nick Britten

Posted on 03/30/2006 8:23:39 PM MST by aculeus

Four men were being questioned last night under the Terrorism Act
after being arrested in a town 36 hours before a visit by the Queen.

Buckingham Palace said that the royal visit to Stafford this morning
will go ahead as planned, despite the security scare.

Armed police swooped on Stafford General Hospital on Wednesday
night after a 28-year-old man was taken in with what nurses believed
were injuries related to bomb-making equipment. They were also
concerned that four men who visited him were acting suspiciously.

As police surrounded the accident and emergency unit, the four
attempted to flee but were caught 100 yards from the main entrance.
No shots were fired.

The men, aged 24, 26, 27 and 30, were taken to a police station in
Staffordshire for questioning while the patient was removed to
Nottingham City Hospital, where he remained seriously ill.

He was under armed guard and tests were being carried out on him to
establish the exact nature of his injuries. A Staffordshire police
spokesman said: "We were contacted last night by staff at the hospital
who developed concerns about the 28-year-old who had been taken
there for treatment yesterday afternoon.

''There were concerns about the nature of his illness and what they
felt was the suspicious behaviour of four men with him."

He said police were piecing together "the full train of events", but said
there was "no evidence that a terrorist incident has taken place nor
that there is any specific threat to the area". The force was liaising
closely with the Anti-Terrorist Branch in London. They were also
keeping Buckingham Palace closely in touch with the inquiry.

One police officer said that the incident had "set nerves jangling".

It was unclear last night whether security will be tightened further,
especially as the Queen and Prince Philip are due to chat with
members of the public in the market square during a walkabout as
part of their visit to commemorate the town's 800th anniversary.

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