British detectives have arrested three men they believe may be linked to anti-American terrorist activities in Europe.
The three men, one aged 29, another 35, and the other believed to be in his 20s, were arrested at two houses in Leicester. They are being questioned by anti-terrorist police.
The men are not suspected of being involved in the atrocities in the United States two weeks ago. Their detention, however, is believed to be linked to previous arrests made in France, Belgium and Holland.
Seven suspected Islamic fundamentalist terrorists who were thought to be planning attacks on American interests in France, including the US embassy, were arrested in Paris last week.
Two flats in the French capital were raided and documents and computer records seized. Other arrests were made in Belgium and Holland soon after the terror attacks in New York and Washington.
Police who searched suspects' homes there found fake passports and plans of the US embassy in Paris.
AP