Atom smasher scientist held over ‘terrorist links’

A SCIENTIST working at the giant European CERN atom smasher laboratory has been held on suspicion of being linked to al-Qaida, it emerged yesterday.

Atom smasher scientist held over ‘terrorist links’

The physicist was one of more than 7,000 working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research whose massive underground particle accelerator spans the French and Swiss borders.

CERN said he was assigned to analysis projects under contract with an outside institute.

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