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June 2, 2006 (Friday)

• Early on Friday, 2 June 2006 police raided a house in Forest Gate, East London, arresting 23 and 20 year old brothers on charges covered by the Terrorism Act, after acting on "specific intelligence". According to Channel 4 News, one of the suspects was shot in the shoulder by the police and sent to the Royal London Hospital. 250 officers were involved in the raid and Lansdown Road, Rothsay Road and Prestbury Road were closed to the public for the whole of Friday whilst investigations were carried out. For more information please see [1](wikinews) and [2](BBC)

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // The raid Early on Friday, June 2, 2006 police raided two houses on Landsdown Road, Forest Gate, London, acting on intelligence that there was a viable chemical device located at the premises [1] Two men were arrested, brothers Mohammed Abdul Kahar and Abdul Koyair, on charges covered by the Terrorism... Forest Gate is a residential area in the London Borough of Newham, in London, England. ... East London is the name commonly given to the eastern part of London on the north side of the River Thames. ... The Terrorism Act 2000 is a current United Kingdom Act of Parliament - An Act to make provision about terrorism; and to make temporary provision for Northern Ireland about the prosecution and punishment of certain offences, the preservation of peace and the maintenance of order. ... Part of the front of the Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital, formerly the London Hospital, is a hospital in Whitechapel, London. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ...

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