Police detain terror suspects

SEVEN men were being questioned by anti-terrorism detectives yesterday after being detained in two separate swoops in Edinburgh and London, police said.

The men, in their 30s and of north African origin, were arrested early yesterday morning and detained under the Terrorism Act.

Police sources indicated that there had been no specific threat to Scotland, but would not be drawn on whether other parts of Britain could have been potential targets.

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