Two men released after terror act arrests in Bristol

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Officers arrested the two men, one originally from Afghanistan, the other from Somalia, after discovering two 25 litre containers labelled hydrogen peroxide in a flat in Easton, Bristol.

But after forensic examinations, the substance was found to be a non-dangerous oil-based liquid and the men were released.

Avon and Somerset police spokesman Darren Bane said: "Liquid found in two 25 litre containers in a Bristol flat is not hydrogen peroxide, despite the labels on the containers.

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Two men were arrested under the Terrorism Act at this Stapleton Road flat in Bristol

"A forensic analysis by a Home Office scientist has concluded that the substance inside the containers is an oil-based liquid which is not dangerous.

"Investigations are still taking place to ascertain how those containers came to be at that location and where they had come from.

"The two people arrested under terrorism legislation - a man originally from Afghanistan in his 20s and a Somalian in his early 50s - have been released without charge."