On September 28, British police reported that a week ago a pilot instructor who trained four of the nineteen terrorists who carried out attacks on Washington and New York was arrested in London.

According to the Associated Press, 27-year-old Algerian Lotfi Raisi was summoned to London Magistrates' Court on September 28 after US intelligence agencies asked Britain to extradite him. He was arrested on an international warrant issued by the United States. Special UK terrorism legislation allows a suspect to be held in custody for a week without being charged.

The US believes Ricey provided false information when obtaining his pilot's license. In 1997, he trained at the same American aviation school as four of the nineteen kamikazes who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. It is assumed that the detainee provided assistance to terrorists, but what kind of investigation is not specified.

After the trial, the suspect's lawyer, Richard Egan, said that his client denies all charges of aiding terrorists.

Ricey was detained as a result of a special raid by British police on September 21. Three other people were arrested along with him. At the trial that took place a few days ago, the police demanded that the detention of Raisi and Abu Imard, who was detained at the same time, be extended. The other two were released.

Arrests of those suspected of organizing terrorist attacks are also taking place in other regions. Police in Leicestershire, central England, extended the detention of three people arrested on September 25 under the same terrorism law. As a result of searches of their apartments, suspicions arose that they were involved in earlier terrorist attacks in France and Belgium. The police are not disclosing the details of this case.

In total, 20 people were detained as a result of recent special police operations in European countries. Intelligence services believe that this could serve as the beginning of identifying and eliminating an international terrorist network. According to authorities, many of those detained are associated with international terrorist Osama bin Laden.

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