Six held over ‘terror plot’ released without charge

SIX men quizzed by counter-terrorism police probing a plot to attack the Pope were all released without charge, Scotland Yard said yesterday.

The men, all believed to be of North African origin, were arrested on Friday in London.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Six men who were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Friday, 17 September, were all released without charge late on Saturday night (September 18) and early this morning (Sunday, September 19).”