UK police hold DNA profiles of 7,800 terrorism suspects
by Alan Travis Home affairs editor from on (#16R6X)
Watchdog reveals number on counter-terror database and reports errors in deleting biometric records
A police counter-terrorism database contains the DNA profiles and fingerprints of more than 7,800 identified individuals, an official government watchdog has revealed.
The figure revealed by the biometrics commissioner, Alastair MacGregor QC, in his annual report on Friday, is far higher than any previous indications of the number of suspected terrorists in Britain.
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