Campus was abuzz this morning with the news that four young men have been arrested in Bradford under the Terrorism Act under suspicion of “commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism”. The four were all arrested from university halls of residence and are believed to be students, according to a ‘university spokesperson’.
The story was in The Mirror and The Daily Mail this morning but only appeared on the BBC web site this lunchtime. That said, campus seems to be teeming with reporters trying to get more news – I myself was interviewed by a BBC Asian Network reporter – so I’m guessing that this is a story that’s likely to be big this evening and tomorrow.
The university are keeping rather quiet about the whole thing, mainly because we have a big open day on Wednesday and so they will want to limit any damage caused by this, however by keeping schtum they are letting some of the rumours run through the mill rather more than they should. A statement would at least set the record straight. But having this so close to an open day is bad timing at its worst.
(Usual yada-yada: though I am a student at the University of Bradford, my opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the university. If you need to contact the university with regards to this story, please phone their press office on +44 (0) 1274 233084 or email press {at} bradford . ac . uk)
Update 1: It’s now in the Yorkshire Evening Post, though they are claiming it was a hall of residence “behind” the university and that it happened on Thursday and not 11pm on Friday which is what the other reports are saying.
Update 2: And now the Guardian, with a named spokesperson (who I can verify is a member of staff from corporate communications).

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