Police guard houses after arresting terror suspects

Police remain at the scene of several cordoned off homes in Greater Manchester after three men were arrested on suspicion of plotting terror attacks.

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.

The arrests were part of an ongoing counterterrorism investigation, police said.

Mayor Andy Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester it was a “worrying development”.

A resident of Crankwood Road in Abram, where one of the men was arrested, described seeing at least 20 police officers arrive with tactical support and a squad car.

Dave Evans said it was “disturbing not knowing what happened there and what could have happened”.

He said neighbors had tried to speak to the home’s residents after they moved in over the past 12 months, but “they don’t talk.”

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