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One of the seven people arrested by British authorities investigating attempted terror attacks in Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England, is Dr. Mohammed Asha, a Jordanian-educated physician who moved to England with his family two years ago, according to British media reports and a source in Jordan.

Asha, 26, was picked up late Saturday on the M6 motorway in the northern English county of Cheshire in a dramatic raid, according to the British Press Association, citing police sources. Police have declined to formally identify any of the suspects.

The doctor is believed to work at the North Staffordshire Hospital, near the Midlands town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where police searched a house on Sunday. The hospital refused comment. Read full article »

CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh contributed to this report.

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