Doctor Held in Probe of Bombings in Britain
An Irish-born psychiatrist arrested under Britain’s anti-terrorist laws was ordered held in jail for eight days Thursday pending investigation as to whether she plotted bombings in Britain.
Dr. Maire O’Shea, 65, is one of nine people detained under Britain’s Prevention of Terrorism Act since Christmas Eve. News reports said the arrests thwarted an Irish republican terrorist bombing campaign.
O’Shea was arrested Saturday at her home in the English midlands city of Birmingham. A magistrates court in Liverpool on Thursday ordered her held for eight more days.
Four men already have been arraigned on similar charges of conspiring to cause explosions in Britain. Two are from Ireland, one from Birmingham and the other from the southern English city of Bristol.
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