Police guard homes after terror suspects arrested
BBCPolice remain at the scene of several cordoned-off homes across Greater Manchester after three men were held on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism.
The men, aged 35, 36, and 31, were arrested in raids in Bolton, Great Lever, and the Abram and Hindley areas of Wigan on Wednesday.
One of the men was dramatically held after police stormed a gym.
Mayor Andy Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester it was a "worrying development".
Mobile phone footage shared on social media showed counter-terrorism officers bursting into the Warehouse Gym in Hindley to arrest one of the suspects as he was using a weights machine.
A resident of Crankwood Road in Abram, where another of the men was arrested, described seeing at least 20 police officers arrive with tactical support and a riot van.
Dave Evans said it was “unsettling not knowing what has gone on there and what could have happened”.
He said neighbours had tried to talk to those living in the house after they moved in during the last 12 months, but “they don’t speak”.
Another resident Jon McIlory said it was "frightening" the arrests had happened "on my doorstep".
He said he had seen many people at the house, and had heard arguments there at night.
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