Five suspects held in Sellafield terror probe

FIVE terror suspects were last night being questioned by detectives after being arrested outside the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria.

Counter-terror police also raided four houses in east London linked to the suspects, who were held after a vehicle stop-check near one of Britain’s most sensitive nuclear installations.

A police spokesman would not be drawn on reports the suspects had been filming the Sellafield site and are all Bangladeshi.

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