Gym put in lockdown as armed police storm in and arrest suspected terrorist

A gym owner has spoken of the 'shocking' moment armed police stormed his Wigan gym to arrest a customer suspected of terrorism offences.

Mr Hart said he received a call from a staff member on Wednesday evening telling him an 'incident' had happened at the gym. "There was a suspected terrorist as a member of the gym there training," he told the M.E.N. "We're in the corner of an industrial estate, so they put a containment on the area. We had police dogs and security at each side to stop anybody escaping.

"But all the members of the gym, the staff, were quite commendable, really supporting them and doing what they can and explaining to the officers where he'd been in the gym, whether he'd brought a bag with him and, and so on." "So you know from our perspective we fully support what they've done. And you know I'm sure the investigation will lead on to further things."

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