Liverpool Echo : Liverpool John Moores University students may have been arrested, claim families

Liverpool John Moores University students may have been arrested, claim families

by Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo | April 13, 2009

RELATIVES of two Pakistani men today said they believe they are among 11 suspects in custody following raids across addresses in Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire.

The families of Abdul Wahab Khan and Mohammed Ramzan, who live in the town of Dera Ismail Khan, in north west Pakistan, said the two lived together and studied at Liverpool John Moores university.

The relatives said they had been unable to reach them since last week’s swoops.

Searches continued at flats on Highgate Street, Edge Hill, Earle Road in Edge Hill and Cedar Grove in Toxteth this weekend.

On Saturday, a teenager, 18, who was detained over an alleged terror bomb plot in north-west England was released into UK Border Agency custody.

It is understood that the 18-year-old will now be deported. The remaining suspects – aged 22 to 41 – are being held at locations across the country, including four in the West Midlands.

Officers were granted a further week to question them.

It has been reported that search teams have found images of Manchester shopping centres.