Three released by terror police

Three men arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences last week have been released without charge, Scotland Yard has said.

The trio were questioned for seven days by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command.

The three men were arrested in east London last Wednesday and detained under the Terrorism Act.

Those released are a 24-year-old from Walthamstow, a 25-year-old from Bethnal Green and a 23-year-old from Stepney.

When they were arrested, sources said the men were suspected of preparing terror acts abroad rather than in the UK.

A judge gave police more time to question the men on Friday on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

The warrants would have run out on Wednesday.