Four freed after arrest under PTA

Four people arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act after the IRA's bomb attack on Hammersmith Bridge have been released…

Four people arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act after the IRA's bomb attack on Hammersmith Bridge have been released on police bail pending further inquiries, Scotland Yard said last night.

The arrests by anti terrorist police investigating the IRA's renewed campaign in the capital were made in dawn raids on Friday on addresses in Fulham, west London and Essex.

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