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| Bomb squad at terror search home | Bomb squad at terror search home |
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| Officers from the North West's counter-terrorism unit have called in army bomb disposal experts to a building on Merseyside as a precaution. | Officers from the North West's counter-terrorism unit have called in army bomb disposal experts to a building on Merseyside as a precaution. |
| A cordon has been set up around the scene at Highgate Street in the Wavertree area of Liverpool and a small number of homes have been evacuated. | |
| The address is one of 12 searched as part of the anti-terror inquiry in north-west England. | The address is one of 12 searched as part of the anti-terror inquiry in north-west England. |
| Police are still questioning 11 people arrested during the investigation. | Police are still questioning 11 people arrested during the investigation. |
| Another man, 18, who had been held by counter-terror officers, has been released to the UK Border Agency and is expected to be deported. | |
| A Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said: "At this stage the experts have been called in as a precaution. Cordons have been set up and a small number of homes evacuated. | |
| "Officers are working to ensure this is resolved with minimum disruption to local people and appreciate the community's co-operation and understanding." | |
| Police have so far found no evidence of any explosives since raiding the properties in Manchester, Liverpool and Clitheroe in Lancashire, last Wednesday as part of a suspected bomb plot. | Police have so far found no evidence of any explosives since raiding the properties in Manchester, Liverpool and Clitheroe in Lancashire, last Wednesday as part of a suspected bomb plot. |
| Officers discovered pictures of popular Manchester shopping centres and a nightclub, sources told the BBC. | Officers discovered pictures of popular Manchester shopping centres and a nightclub, sources told the BBC. |
| They were named as the Arndale and Trafford Centre shopping complexes, Birdcage nightclub and St Ann's Square. | They were named as the Arndale and Trafford Centre shopping complexes, Birdcage nightclub and St Ann's Square. |
| However, senior police have insisted that no specific targets have been identified. | However, senior police have insisted that no specific targets have been identified. |