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Ireland releases 8 held in terror sweep

12 October 2010 04:05 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Seven men and a woman arrested as part of an anti-terror sweep in Ireland have been released without charge, Irish police said Monday, APA reports quoting CNN.
Two other men have been charged and appeared in court Sunday, Irish police said.
Nicholas Kendall of Wexford was charged with unlawful possession of a semi-automatic pistol, ammunition and a bomb part, authorities said. The other man, 33-year-old Peter Butterly of Cortown, was charged with being a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
The bomb part was a timing power unit used in an improvised explosive device, the Special Criminal Court heard. Detectives told the court both men refused to comment when the charges were put to them. The two were remanded into custody and are set to appear in court again on Tuesday.
The arrests of nine men on Friday and a woman on Saturday came in several different locations in Ireland, including County Louth, which includes Cortown, just south of the border with Northern Ireland.
They were held under the Irish Republic’s Offences Against the State anti-terrorism legislation. Irish law allows terror suspects to be held for up to three days without charge.
The IRA fought a bloody campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland for decades before starting a process of decommissioning nine years ago.
Those who refused to accept the Good Friday Agreement that led to the decommissioning are known as dissident republicans.