Six street cleaners were dramatically held by anti-terror police early yesterday over fears that they were plotting an atrocity against the Pope during his visit to Britain.
Armed officers detained the men, all believed to be Muslims of North African origin, as they prepared to go on shift at a cleaning depot in Central London.
A few hours earlier, counter-terrorism officers had been tipped off that the men could have been planning to ‘harm’ Pope Benedict XVI or carry out some sort of atrocity to coincide with his visit.
With only a short time to assess the credibility of the information, Yard chiefs authorised their arrests.
Investigation: A police officer stands guard outside the Veolia depot in central London where five men were arrested by police investigating a suspected plot to harm the Pope
Their response reflected the nervousness which surrounds the visit of the leader of the world’s Roman Catholics – who prompted outrage four years ago when he said the Prophet Mohammed had brought the world only ‘evil and inhuman’ things.
He later apologised, claiming his words had been misinterpreted.
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