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| Anti-terror police search Crawley house after Syria bomb | Anti-terror police search Crawley house after Syria bomb |
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| Anti-terror police are searching a house in West Sussex as part of an investigation into a suicide bombing thought to have been carried out by a British man in Syria. | |
| The attack on a prison in the city of Aleppo last week resulted in inmates escaping. | |
| It is believed to have been the first suicide bombing by a Briton in Syria. | |
| An al-Qaeda-linked rebel group, the al-Nusra Front, named the man as Abu Suleiman al-Britani. | |
| However this is believed to be an alias, the BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner said. | However this is believed to be an alias, the BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner said. |
| Attempted jailbreak | |
| South East Counter Terrorism Unit Police are carrying out the search. | South East Counter Terrorism Unit Police are carrying out the search. |
| It has been reported that hundreds of British nationals have travelled to Syria to fight against government forces. | |
| Most of the foreign militants are thought to be from Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Libya but one in 10 are believed to be from Europe. | |
| It was reported by activists that 300 prisoners escaped when a truck full of explosives was driven at the wall of Aleppo prison on Thursday - a claim denied by the Syrian authorities. | |
| The attack was believed to be part of an attempted jailbreak by members of two hard-line Islamist groups, Ahrar-al-Sham and the al-Nusra Front. | |
| Focus of fighting | |
| Control was regained of most of the prison on Friday, where up to 3,000 inmates are thought to be held, after a day of clashes which resulted in many casualties on both sides. | |
| Several attacks have been made on Aleppo jail, in the north of the country, in the past few months. | |
| The city has been a focus of fighting between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels. | |
| The conflict in Syria has claimed more than 100,000 lives since 2011 and 9.5 million people have been forced from their homes. |