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7/7 'helpers set for terror camp'

Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil deny the charge

Two men accused of helping the 7 July London bombers plan the attacks were arrested as they set out for a "terror training camp", a jury has been told.

They were held at Manchester Airport in March 2007 as they were about to board a flight to Pakistan, prosecutors said.

Waheed Ali, 25, and Mohammed Shakil, 32, are on trial at Kingston Crown Court with Sadeer Saleem, 28.

The trio, from Leeds, deny conspiring with the bombers to cause explosions between November 2004 and July 2005.

They are said to have visited London on 16 and 17 December 2004 for a reconnaissance of potential targets.

Mr Ali and Mr Shakil also deny a second charge of conspiring to attend a place used for terrorist training.

Jermaine Lindsay, Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain left 52 dead and hundreds more injured when they set off bombs on London's transport network on 7 July 2005.

'No holiday'

Prosecutor Neil Flewitt QC told the court Mr Ali and Mr Shakil were being watched by police on the day before their arrests.

He said they bought kit including heavy duty torches, Swiss army knives, and special water containers and had their hair cut short.

Mr Flewitt said: "In view of the equipment purchased by Ali and Shakil and the destinations that they were proposing to visit, you can be confident that they were not going to Pakistan for a holiday.

"They were, we suggest, going there to attend a terrorist training camp.

"They may have been lying low since the hostile reconnaissance of the 16-17 December 2004 and the events of July 7 2005 but their beliefs and intentions had not changed."

The jury has been told Mr Ali had been on earlier trips to Pakistan with 7 July ringleader Khan in 2001 and with Mr Saleem in December 2004, at the same time Khan and Tanweer were also in the country.

'DNA links'

The prosecutor said there were links between the three defendants and two addresses in Leeds identified as the locations for most of the bomb construction and preparation ahead of 7 July.

These included traces of Mr Ali's DNA found on the handle of a small rucksack and on a hat inside it at 18 Alexandra Grove and his fingerprints in a chest of drawers at the second address.

A key for Mr Shakil's Mitsubishi car was alleged to have been found at Alexandra Grove. And Mr Saleem's DNA was said to be on an inhaler and in a blood stain on a pair of martial arts trousers.

Mr Flewett said Mr Saleem was arrested at his home following the arrest of his co-defendants.

The men declined to answer any questions when interviewed by police, the jury was told.

The court has heard the defendants accept they knew the bombers but claimed their friendship was innocent and that they knew nothing of the bomb plot.

The trial was adjourned until Thursday.

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Manchester 'could pilot ID cards'

Manchester could be one of the testing grounds for the government's ID cards scheme, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said during a visit to the city.

Manchester would be "in the running" to take part in the next phase of the scheme, she said, in which young people will be encouraged to apply for cards.

Ms Smith said many young people saw the need for ID cards to prove their identity in a "safe and secure way".

But civil liberties groups accused her of trying to "indoctrinate" youngsters.

Critics argue the cards will be hugely expensive, invasive and will not help in the fight against terrorism and organised crime as the government believes.

Ministers will give details later this year of a number of so-called "beacon areas" where people aged over 16 will be able to volunteer for cards.

As the cards become more widely available, the whole country will see real benefits

Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary

The cards, which will contain details of a person's fingerprints, name, date of birth and address, will then be offered to the rest of the population from 2011.

After taking part in a discussion on the ID scheme at a school in the Wythenshawe area of Manchester, Ms Smith said people saw the merits of the cards - which will cost £30 each.

"I think having talked to young people this morning that having a safe and secure way of proving your identity is something they want and something they need," she said.

"We are saying that if you think it has got benefits for you, for only £30 you can register with the scheme and you have got a card to prove who you are as you start out on life."

Since November, ID cards have been compulsory for foreign nationals living in the UK and officials estimate 50,000 such cards will have been issued by April.

Cards will also become mandatory for workers at Manchester and London City airport later this autumn as the government presses ahead with the rollout of the scheme to workers in sensitive jobs and locations.

Seeking to allay concerns about privacy and the security of personal data, Ms Smith said an independent commissioner would be appointed to "monitor" the system and protect the interest of citizens.

"As the cards become more widely available, the whole country will see real benefits," the home secretary added.

But civil liberties campaigners warned people against becoming "guinea pigs" for the scheme which they described as "divisive".

"Schools are places for education and not indoctrination," said Sabina Frediani, campaigns co-ordinator for Liberty.

"We urge the home secretary to reconsider the appropriateness of pushing ID cards to our kids."

A nationwide system of ID cards will cost about £4.8bn over the next decade, according to the government's latest estimates, but opponents say the ultimate cost will be far higher.

The Conservatives and Lib Dems have both said they would scrap the scheme.

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Airport row over £1 bag

Airport bosses have been accused of cashing in on terror fears by charging for plastic security bags.

Passengers at Manchester Airport have to put £1 into a vending machine to get two transparent bags.

Security rules say that containers of liquid in hand luggage must be put into the bags to be X-rayed.

The Air Transport Users Council said: "We're disappointed to see an airport making a quick buck at passengers' expense."

The bags are in use at all airports but BAA, which runs Heathrow and Gatwick, makes no charge.

The vending machine at Manchester's Terminal 1 is on three months' trial.

Boss Andrew Cornish said: "We will assess the impact of charging."

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Although this could just be seen as yet another money making scheme, to be fair, people have had long enough now to realise what the rules are. The restrictions however silly they might seem to everyone are at least displayed everywhere from check-in desks, to airline and DfT websites. I don't think the term "we didn't know" can be used anymore. People should take their own plastic bag or check their liquids into the hold or expect to pay a hefty sum of money for a plastic bag if they wish to take liquids on board into the cabin.
 
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Bristol have been charging for plastic bags for years. They also charge a non-refundable pound to use a luggage trolley.
 
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No luck for Mexican immigrant

An immigrant who arrived at Manchester Airport claiming to be visiting a friend was sent back after a good luck card was found in his baggage.

The Mexican man, a chef, arrived on a flight from Los Angeles and told officials he was planning to visit a friend who was opening a restaurant.

But Border Agency officers found a good luck card from his church wishing him well for his "new life in the UK".

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Revealed: Terror suspects in 'Easter bomb plot' worked at Manchester airport

Members of the alleged Al Qaeda cell suspected of plotting a Bank Holiday terror atrocity worked for a firm based at Manchester Airport.

At least one drove vans for a cargo company which has access to sensitive locations.

A further two had passed security industry checks which enabled them to guard premises overnight, further raising fears that members of the gang - all but one of them Pakistani students - were planning to infiltrate high-profile targets before an attack.

Manchester Airport: The cargo company was allowed into sensitive locations

The revelations came as police continued to question the 12 suspects and search properties across the North West, including one being examined as a possible bomb factory.

It was further claimed that some of the men have links to the terror group accused of the devastating Mumbai attacks in India which left more than 170 dead. The group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Righteous, was also blamed for the Lahore cricket atrocity.

The investigation in Britain, which began with daylight raids on Wednesday following anti-terror chief Bob Quick's Downing Street gaffe, was launched over fears of a devastating terror attack as early as this weekend.

Cargo2go van drivers are supplied with a logo and a list of work

At least two of the arrested men had worked for Manchester Airport-based delivery firm Cargo2Go, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Hamza Shenwari, who was seized by an anti-terror squad while driving down the M602, and another suspect are believed to have worked on a selfemployed basis, using their own vans to deliver packages for the firm, which serves airports around the country.

Cargo2Go's website states: 'Many of our drivers have Level 4 Airport Security training', a qualification which requires a half-day course and involves a 'general awareness' briefing about threats such as terrorism.
Directors of Cargo2Go confirmed the two men had worked there but refused to comment on whether any had been given such training. 'They weren't directly employed by us, they were selfemployed,' said director David Hough, who lives in Stockport.

'They would have had their own vans - we give them the logo and then they do the work. We're trying to get to the bottom of exactly who these men are.'

One Cargo2Go driver, a Brazilian, told the Mail he had been inside secure areas of Manchester and Glasgow airports with minimal security checks. 'To be honest I didn't know you had to have any, as people just wave me through - I drop off the cargo and that's that.'

Two more of the suspects were seized while working as security guards at a Homebase DIY store in Clitheroe, Lancashire. The pair were named by the firm which employed them as Umar Farooq and Johnus Khan.
A Homebase spokesman confirmed that all its guards were required to have clearance from the Security Industry Authority, which has been ridiculed in the past for allowing 5,000 illegal immigrants to work as guards.

A spokesman for the authority said foreign applicants would normally be granted a licence if agencies in their home country did not report that they had a criminal record.

The pair had been staying at a nearby bed-and-breakfast but are believed to live in Liverpool. They worked for Newcastle-based Sky Interserve UK Limited, to which the Homebase security role was sub-contracted.
Sky Interserve boss Muhammad Haroon Rashid, 26, himself a recent immigrant from Pakistan, said Farooq had lived in Britain for at least five years and was studying hotel management, but that he had not met Khan.
Clitheroe: Material is removed from Homebase store

'I was really surprised to hear they had been arrested and linked to terrorism,' he added. 'I have spoken with friends of theirs and they think it is a mistake.'

A flat in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool where Farooq lived was yesterday being searched by police.

It was the second raid on flats in the same rundown block where police have been hunting possible bomb-making materials. Sources said no significant finds have so far been made.

A security camera caught the moment police stormed a flat on Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester
Other suspects include 22-year-old Abid Naseer, who lived with Shenwari in a terrace house in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester. Another, Sultan Sher, was arrested at the nearby Cyber Net Internet cafe alongside a man so far named only as Tariq.

Police in Liverpool seized another suspect, Abdul Khan, 26, who had been studying English at the now-defunct Manchester College of Professional Studies.

Although 11 of the suspects arrived in Britain on student visas, only one is known to have attended a reputable institution, a 26-year-old studying accountancy at Liverpool John Moores University.

The suspects, who are being questioned at police stations around the North of England, are aged from their mid-teens to their early-40s.

The alleged links to the Mumbai terror cell emerged from Pakistani intelligence sources, who claim to have supplied some of the suspects' names to Britain in the first place.

They say these names - among a list of 36 - were obtained during questioning of four terror suspects arrested in Pakistan three months ago, and examining emails and phone calls.

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This just goes to show that 'Disclosure Scotland', the UK vetting process, isn't worth the paper it's written on. Last year the US said that it would adopt a system which stops all none US nationals form working in sensitive locations. I think it is time that the UK followed suit to protect national security here.
 
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It is a complete nonsense that foreign nationals are allowed to work in such posts if there is no evidence in their home country that they have a criminal record.

The SIA has to rely on the foreign country having effective criminal records, being able and willing to pass on to the SIA (via the individual applicant) that nothing is recorded and, most importantly, being able to identify the individual in question without any doubt. Some countries from whom significant numbers of foreigners enter the UK are Third-World and there can be little confidence in the efficacy of their criminal records systems, especially where governments have collapsed or been overthrown. In such cases, the SIA say they might accept a sworn oath from the applicant backed up by the testimony of another. Really!!?

In the UK the Criminal Records Bureau is not infallible. The only certain way to identify a person with a record is via fingerprints. Normally the police fingerprint each suspect and if they are convicted the prints are filed with the record of conviction.

The CRB usually has to rely on name and date of birth plus ancillary personal details as the primary means of checking an individual with its records. There are publicly recorded examples (in the hundreds if not thousands) where the CRB has mistakenly attributed a criminal record to an innocent applicant merely because his/her name and other details are near-identical to someone with a criminal record.

Sometimes enhanced CRB checks are required and these are sent out to relevant police forces. In most cases it is likely that checks are made of the police force's data base and that is that. I suspect that only in exceptional circumstances are further proactive enquiries made.

Occasionally, in court a defendant who has been found guilty of a crime will contest his/her criminal record when it is cited in connection with the sentencing, in which case it is a simple thing to prove the record through fingerprints filed with it.

Even if the CRB was one hundred per cent reliable having a criminal record is not the be-all and end-all when it comes to potential terrorists.

Serious terrorists will, if at all possible, have no criminal record in which case intelligence (a posh word for information) is key.

Anyone joining our police forces will not only have criminal record checks but full background checks as well, including those of close relatives. Any officer joining Special Branch or anti-terrorism will then have further intensive checks into his/her background, as will people having access to sensitive or secret information or positions, such as the security service, certain posts within the MoD and others including, for example, those working on certain defence contracts.

In an ideal world anyone working airside, including air crew*, would have similar intensive checks but the idea is simply unworkable because of the numbers involved.
* We would still have potential problems with foreign aircrew.

Therefore, we have to work within the more limited framework that is achievable BUT we must ensure that limited framework is utilised one hundred per cent effectively.

The Americans aren't always that good. I remember in the wake of September 2001 they had a suspect in the USA who they believed was in possession of documents with different dates of birth. It took them three days to work out all the dates of birth were the same. It was just that some were set down in the US manner and others in the way most of the rest of the world write them - eg 10 July 2009 in the USA is 7/10/2009 whereas in most other places, including Europe, it is 10/7/2009.

This does show how small things can lead to confusion and when you have people coming from, say the Sub Continent, with names that are not only very similar to many others but also often written in a different form to that which is the norm in the West, it makes things even harder for a proper check to be made with confidence. Even photographs are often inconclusive to Western eyes. Ask any licensing official who deals with taxi drivers in a city like Bradford.

I have no doubt the reverse would be true in somewhere like Lahore if there were numerous European taxi drivers there because no one race holds the high ground for deceit if they think they can get away with it.
 
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Terror trial pair to be sentenced

Shakil and Ali's counsel said they were being tried for guilt by association

Two men cleared of helping to plan the 7/7 London suicide attacks are to be sentenced later for conspiring to attend a terrorist training camp.

Waheed Ali, 25 and Mohammed Shakil, 32, both from Leeds, admitted knowing the bombers - but denied helping them.

Ali and Shakil were found guilty of a second charge of plotting to go to a training camp in Pakistan, after being arrested in 2007 at Manchester Airport.

A third man, 28-year-old Sadeer Saleem, was acquitted of all charges.

The men were originally tried in 2008, but the first jury failed to reach verdicts against them.

The three are the only people to face any charges in relation to the 7/7 London bombings.

Sadeer Saleem's solicitor Imran Khan reads out a statement after the acquittal
Relatives of those who died in the bombings have called for a public inquiry into the bombings.

Graham Foulkes, whose 22-year-old son David was killed in the Edgware Road Tube explosion, said he had been asking for an inquiry for almost four years.

He said: "We are not looking for people to blame, but we also know that we have not been told the whole truth.

"We believe that crucial lessons need to be learned. If mistakes have been made, they should be put right, not covered up. This is not a witch-hunt, it is simply about saving lives."

Following his acquittal, Sadeer Saleem's solicitor Imran Khan read out a statement on his behalf, in which Mr Saleem supported the families' calls for an inquiry.

"I must make it absolutely clear that I had nothing whatsoever to do with the dreadful attacks on 7 July 2005, which I have always condemned," he said.

Ideologically opposed

During the three-month retrial, the jury heard that the trio, all close friends of the bombers, had been key members of a tight circle around ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan.

All three, the jury was told, shared a violent jihadist ideology.

Prosecutors in both trials had claimed that the men's movements in London mirrored a scouting trip by the bombers and included sites ultimately attacked.

But the trio maintained throughout the trial - and during tense evidence from the witness box - that they ideologically opposed suicide bombings and had been shocked by the attacks.

Counsel for the men told the jury there was no evidence linking them to the bombings and that they were being tried for guilt by association.

The prosecution said the group's movements bore a "striking similarity" to the final targets.

But the men told the jury that the trip had been organised because Waheed Ali was planning to leave the country for militant training in Pakistan.

He was going to join the future bombers Mohammed Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, who had already left.

He wanted to say goodbye to his sister, who lived in the capital. The others, the court heard, had simply gone along for the ride.

The three men acquitted were arrested in 2007 amid the largest criminal investigation yet in the UK. But the 2008 trial reached a stalemate after almost three weeks of deliberations by the first jury.

'Very supportive'

Tens of thousands of police hours have been spent on the four-year investigation - and detectives maintain there are people in the Leeds area who know more that could help them.

The defendants accused the police and media of creating a climate of fear in the Beeston area of Leeds, where they live.

West Yorkshire Police assistant chief constable John Parkinson said "intensive scrutiny" from police, public and media had put pressure on the residents of Beeston, and also Dewsbury, where some of the 7/7 bombers lived.

He added: "Local people were very supportive of the investigation, both immediately after the event and in the many months that followed.

"The attacks on 7/7 have shown us that we all need to work together if we are to effectively respond to the threat of terrorism."

Deputy assistant commissioner John McDowall, head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, called for anyone with information about the attacks to come forward.

"While those directly responsible for the bombings died in the attacks, we remain convinced that others must have been involved in the planning," he said.

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Rapiscan's £2m airport X-rays

SECURITY specialist Rapi-scan Systems is working on a joint venture with Manchester Airport to devise a new generation of high-speed baggage screening X-ray machines.

The airport has invested £2m to create the pioneering range of security equipment which mean staff can examine passengers' luggage using three-dimensional images.

Rapiscan, whose engineering and manufacturing base is in Congleton, has been working with the airport on `real time tomography' since the end of last year.

The X-ray equipment is currently on trial at the airport and Rapiscan saysit is attracting interest from other airports around the world.

Mike Fazackerley, customer service director for Manchester Airport, said: "The RTT has the potential to dramatically improve the security process.

"Safety and security aligned to customer service present major challenges to our business. With this major investment, we continue to reflect how important we place safety in our operations.

"The ongoing security issues in the UK present serious cost implications for our business. Technology that enables us to meet security regulations, while making the passenger experience simpler, is something we're willing to experiment with."

The system is designed to generate high-resolution 3-D X-ray images of passenger baggage at higher speeds and with greater reliability than any other technology on the market.

It should lower the airport's running costs by being integrated with a high-speed baggage handling system - and it could accommodate increases in baggage volumes as airport usage grows.

Ken Mann, general manager of the Rapsican programme, said: "Recently, increased security measures have caused delays as suspect bags have had to be manually inspected or re-scanned.

"The system will mean that the travelling public will be safer and less likely to be hindered by delays."

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Two charged over Manchester Airport drugs find

Two people have appeared in court over a plot to smuggle £62,000 worth of cannabis into the country through Manchester Airport.

Kris Carroll, 26, of Willesden, London, a painter and decorator, was remanded in custody last week after being charged along with Zoe Anderson, 30, of Neasden, London, a pub cleaner, for the attempted illegal importation of around 21.4 kilos of cannabis. Both arrived on a flight from Montego Bay, Jamaica. Ms Anderson was granted conditional bail.

Officers from the UK Border Agency searched their baggage and discovered the drugs concealed within rum boxes. The pair appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Friday but have yet to enter a plea. The case was adjourned until September 25.

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Manchester Airport stops ‘naked’ scans of children

Manchester Airport has stopped using new ‘naked’ security scanners on passengers aged under 18. The full-body scans, for which a trial started earlier this month in Terminal 2, are aimed at revealing hidden weapons or explosives without the need for a pat down search, but also show people's bodies including an outline of their genitalia.

A civil rights group believes the scans could breach laws protecting children. A spokesman for the airport said that the scans have been temporarily stopped for young people while legal advice is sought. The machines have already been trialled at Heathrow.

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It would seem the sensible thing to do whilst the 'jury' is still out on these new scanners. Publicly the scanners are creating mixed feelings. Some people are saying "whatever it takes" others are saying "it's going too far".
 
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The full `naked` body scanners are now to be used on any traveller, including those under 18 years of age, as was first initiated. The government has overturned this rule and if a passenger is selected for the scan and refuses, they will simply be refused ability to fly.The same rules will apply at LHR and at BHX, once introduced at the latter.

See full news story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8490860.stm
 
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New ‘smart’ security gates at Manchester Airport

A hi-tech ‘glass’ booth is helping Manchester Airport lead the world in security checks, the Evening News reports. The traditional archway metal detectors are being replaced at the airport with ‘smart’ gates with automated glass doors act as advanced metal detectors.

Passengers walk through the gates and stand in a holding area. If the metal detector does not trace anything suspicious, a green door opens within two seconds and passengers can proceed. If the alarm sounds, the red lane opens and passengers are asked to go through one of the new body scanners – anyone who refuses will be barred from travelling.

The new machines mean the airport will be the first in the world to stop searching passengers by hand, replacing it with the advanced metal detectors and controversial ‘naked’ scanners which were brought in last October. The special security gates are being trialled at terminal two.

Body scanners were due to be installed in terminals one and three this week but the scheme has been put on hold pending the results of the new trial. The airport estimates it will cost £5m to install the machinery in all three terminals.

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Armed police arrest men on plane at Manchester Airport

Armed police boarded a plane full of holidaymakers to arrest two men minutes before it was due to take off from Manchester Airport. The Tenerife-bound Viking aircraft had started to taxi out towards the runway when the pilot was ordered to turn back on Friday morning.

Officers boarded the plane and arrested two men from Sunderland, aged 34 and 43, on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. The men were taken back to the north east for questioning as part of the Durham Constabulary investigation. Passengers continued their journey when the plane departed later that morning.

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CCTV upgrade at Manchester Airport

Manchester Airport is upgrading its CCTV systems across its three terminals at a cost of more than £1m. They are set to replace the current 20-year-old control system, which is at the heart of their security operations.

The current system will be replaced with a sophisticated product that will enhance the quality of images produced by the cameras. It will serve as ‘electronic eyes’ for workers who will operate the system, as well as improving security. It will also help crowd monitoring in retail areas, improve baggage handling and help air traffic controllers.

The system will also monitor airport car parks. It will be operational by the end of the summer season.

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Two arrested after drunken row on Manchester bound flight

Two men were arrested after a drunken bust-up on a packed passenger flights to Manchester Airport, the Evening News reports. Police boarded the plane, which was filled with holidaymakers and families, and the men were hauled off the Jet2 aircraft, arriving back from Budapest, moments after it touched down at the airport.

The captain had told air traffic controllers that three passengers had been involved in an argument, which culminated in a member of cabin crew being verbally abused. Two of the men had been drinking on the flight and started swearing loudly while the jet was in the air. Another passenger who was not travelling with the two men was angered by their behaviour and tried to calm them down, but an argument instead broke out between the two groups, prompting members of the cabin crew to intervene.

In the row, one member of the crew was sworn at and when the plane landed officers arrested two men on suspicion of public order offences. They were taken into custody for questioning. Another man, 27, was given a fixed penalty notice, also for a public order offence, after the incident on Monday evening.

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Police investigate 9/11 fire at Manchester Airport prayer room

Police are ‘keeping an open mind’ about a suspected arson attack at an Islamic prayer room at Manchester Airport, MEN reports. The cabin is used by taxi drivers and airport staff for worship, and the blaze broke out on Saturday – the ninth anniversary of 9/11. Detectives are investigating whether there was a religious or racial motive to the blaze.

The cabin, on the airport’s taxi feeder car park on Ringway Road, is one of several which have been provided for recreational use by drivers waiting for customers. The site is separate to the five prayer rooms in the airport terminal, which are part of the airport’s multi-faith chaplaincy. Two ceremonial garments inside the room were deliberately set ablaze between 22:00 and midnight, although the building itself was not damaged.

Officers are reviewing CCTV footage from the scene. The area around the taxi ranks is open to the public and drivers say it would be easy for anyone to get to the area. However, some have pointed to ongoing tensions between the drivers themselves. One driver told the newspaper: ‘There has been racial tension in the park for many years now.’

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