Four males arrested on suspicion of dread assaults

Bomb squads have raided five properties and arrested four males on suspicion of plotting dread assaults.

Specialist counter terrorism police officers arrested three males, worn 22, 36 and 41, at addresses in Sheffield on suspicion of being worried in the cost, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. 

A 31-Three hundred and sixty five days-old man used to be arrested at an tackle in Chesterfield on suspicion of the the same offence.

A spokesperson from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit (NECTU) has confirmed that police are now browsing five addresses in an ‘Islamist connected’ investigation.

No doubt one of many houses raided used to be in Shirebrook Facet road, Sheffield, the build aside locals claim they heard an explosion at round 5.30am.

Residents said officers then arrived at the scene and conducted a search, and the home stays under police guard. 

Four addresses in Sheffield – with one in the Meersbrook station, two in Burngreave and one in the Stocksbridge station – and another in Chesterfield, are being searched by police.

An additional raid in Chesterfield at Whittington Moor has ended in Cavendish Junior College retaining kids inner as a precaution. 

One man who lives as regards to the raid in Brunswick Facet road said he used to be woken at 6am by three explosions in instant succession.

He said he thought one of many bangs came from the neighborhood centre nevertheless the others perceived to approach from within sight residences.

The man said he regarded out to gaze now no longer now no longer up to 6 males with rifles in veil and entire body armour.

He said: ‘They were in fleshy equipment with the weapons and every little thing. We’re on the front line right here.’

He said he noticed them bring out one man and put him in a police van.

The man said the constructing old to be the local Irish membership nevertheless used to be taken over about 10 years previously and is now old as a mosque and a neighborhood centre.

He said: ‘There are other folks in there all hours of the day and night.’

Asked if he used to be enormously surprised this had took direct on his doorstep, he said: ‘No’. 

A around the corner neighbour of the home in Shirebrook Facet road said he knew who lived around the corner and they were ‘all high-quality lads.’

The man, who did now no longer make a choice to be named, said: ‘I heard a spacious bang, which modified into out to be the charge they old to start the door.

‘I then went to my housemate and we were staring at everything from out the window, we noticed diversified armed special forces and the counter terrorism unit coming inner and out after which the person came out. 

‘I assemble now no longer know the fellows from around the corner totally nevertheless now we have had fires in the previous and they’ve approach down, they gave the impression fancy high-quality lads, it’s a disgrace basically.

‘I’m insecure.’

A police spokesperson has confirmed that a loud bang heard by residents used to be now no longer an explosion nevertheless a bang created when they were gaining entry.  

Police confirmed the entire properties are in the intervening time being searched and the males were taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning.

The arrests were intelligence led and pre-planned as section of an ongoing investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East. 

A spokesman for the North East Counter Terrorism Policing Unit added: ‘The males were taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning.

‘The arrests were intelligence led and pre-planned as section of an ongoing investigation. 

‘Three properties in Sheffield and one in Chesterfield are in the intervening time being searched in connection with these arrests. 

‘We recognise that local other folks can also have concerns due to this process. We might possibly well search data from other folks to live alert nevertheless now no longer afraid and we’re grateful for the abet and figuring out of contributors domestically. 

‘Residents will likely be saved as advised as imaginable and we’re grateful for his or her figuring out, persistence and enhance whereas these enquiries continue.’ 

South Yorkshire Police Superintendent for the Sheffield station Una Jennings said: ‘I stamp our local communities can have concerns about this morning’s police process nevertheless I want to give my reassurance that we’re going to continue to abet and protect the public of South Yorkshire.

‘We work very closely with our colleagues at the North East Counter Terrorism Unit and we can be certain we retain these stable hyperlinks in narrate to give a excessive stage of service and transport to everyone in our neighborhood.

‘Public security is our utmost anguish.’