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08/02/2007
Terror suspect criticises investigation
One of the two terror suspects released without charge by police investigating an alleged plot to kidnap and murder a British Muslim soldier has criticised the police investigation.
Abu Bakr, who worked in the Islamic bookshop which was one of the properties searched in a series of raids in Birmingham last week, told BBC2's 'Newsnight' that Britain was now "a police state for Muslims".
Mr Bakr said that the terror laws were designed especially for Muslims and said that he would be affected by what had happened for the rest of his life.
His statements have benen rejected by Downing Street. A spokesperson for Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Mr Bakr's statements portrayed a gross caricature of the political process in this country".
Mr Bakr was among eight suspects arrested during a series of early morning anti-terrorism raids in Birmingham last Wednesday.
A ninth man was arrested later that day on a motorway in the city.
Mr Bakr and another suspect were released from Chace Avenue police station in Coventry in the early hours of Wednesday morning. They issues a statement after their release saying that police had not mentioned the alleged plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier.
On Tuesday, police were granted a further 72 hours to question the other seven men arrested last week. The men are being held on suspicion of the commission, instigation or preparation for acts of terrorism.
On Monday, police investigating the alleged plot revealed that they had finished conducting searches at 18 addresses in the Sparkhill, Alum Rock, Kingstanding and Edgbaston areas of Birmingham.
(KMcA)
Abu Bakr, who worked in the Islamic bookshop which was one of the properties searched in a series of raids in Birmingham last week, told BBC2's 'Newsnight' that Britain was now "a police state for Muslims".
Mr Bakr said that the terror laws were designed especially for Muslims and said that he would be affected by what had happened for the rest of his life.
His statements have benen rejected by Downing Street. A spokesperson for Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Mr Bakr's statements portrayed a gross caricature of the political process in this country".
Mr Bakr was among eight suspects arrested during a series of early morning anti-terrorism raids in Birmingham last Wednesday.
A ninth man was arrested later that day on a motorway in the city.
Mr Bakr and another suspect were released from Chace Avenue police station in Coventry in the early hours of Wednesday morning. They issues a statement after their release saying that police had not mentioned the alleged plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier.
On Tuesday, police were granted a further 72 hours to question the other seven men arrested last week. The men are being held on suspicion of the commission, instigation or preparation for acts of terrorism.
On Monday, police investigating the alleged plot revealed that they had finished conducting searches at 18 addresses in the Sparkhill, Alum Rock, Kingstanding and Edgbaston areas of Birmingham.
(KMcA)
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