Saturday, July 14, 2007

Tesco to reopen threatened stores


A number of Tesco stores across the UK which were closed by police after a series of threats, are expected to reopen for normal Sunday trading.

Britain's biggest retailer is understood to have lost millions of pounds in sales as 14 stores were forced to shut on Saturday afternoon.
Police have launched a criminal investigation but say they do not believe there is a link to extremism.

One line of inquiry is of a possible financial motive behind the threats.
Hertfordshire Police, which is leading the investigation, said the stores were closed as a precaution and no-one had been hurt.

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