Police shoot man during London terror raid

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Police shoot man during London terror raid

 LONDON - Hundreds of anti-terrorist police â€" some in biochemical suits â€" raided a house in east London Friday and arrested two men, shooting and wounding one of them.

Police did not release full details of the operation but British media reported that authorities suspected that a chemical weapon had been built at the house for use against a British target.

Peter Clarke, head of the anti-terrorist branch of London‘s Metropolitan Police, said the raid had been in response to information about a threat from firearms or "hazardous substances."

Some of the roughly 300 officers in the raid wore protective chemical, biological and radiological suits.

The other suspect, 20, was held on suspicion of terrorism and questioned at a high-security police station.

Clarke said the raid followed work by police and MI5 â€" Britain‘s domestic spy agency â€" that "demanded an intensive investigation and response."

"I saw loads of police in special uniforms coming out of the van. They had special gloves and special equipment," said Dimple Hirani, 21.

Local residents were not evacuated from their homes.

In northern England, Greater Manchester police chief constable Michael Todd said that separate raids last week, focused on a gang alleged to be facilitating terrorist activity in Iraq , had disrupted a "known terrorist group."

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