Police get extra week to question men over alleged Manchester plot
Detectives can hold the two men until 4 October as they investigate what police believe was a plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community.
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Police have been given an extra week to question two men arrested in an investigation into a suspected plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community. The men, both in their 30s, can now be detained until 4 October, BBC News reported. [1]
Officers arrested the men on Newton Street in Manchester on 20 September under the Terrorism Act 2000. Warrants obtained on 22 September had allowed police to hold them until 27 September. Police say they believe the arrests disrupted a plot targeting the Jewish community in the Manchester area. [2] [4]
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