Radical preacher Anjem Choudary among nine arrested in London anti-terrorism raid — RT UK
Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary (Reuters / Tal Cohen)
Police, Terrorism, UK
British police said on Thursday they had arrested nine men on suspected terrorism offences as part of an ongoing operation into Islamist-related terrorism. Radical preacher Anjem Choudary is believed to be one of those arrested.
The men were held on suspicion of being members of, or supporting, a banned organization under terrorism laws and encouraging terrorism, police said.
They were arrested by members of the Metropolitan Police Service's Counter Terrorism Command on Thursday. Scotland Yard said 19 properties across London and in Stoke-on-Trent in central England are being searched.
Scotland Yard said the men were arrested as “part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism and are not in response to any immediate public safety risk.”
The men, aged between 22 and 51, are in custody at stations in central London.
Choudary was one of nine men arrested, British media report.
Britain last month raised its international threat level to the second-highest level of ‘severe’, meaning an attack is considered very likely. Prime Minister David Cameron has said the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq poses the country's greatest-ever security risk.
Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary (Reuters / Tal Cohen)
Police, Terrorism, UK
British police said on Thursday they had arrested nine men on suspected terrorism offences as part of an ongoing operation into Islamist-related terrorism. Radical preacher Anjem Choudary is believed to be one of those arrested.
The men were held on suspicion of being members of, or supporting, a banned organization under terrorism laws and encouraging terrorism, police said.
They were arrested by members of the Metropolitan Police Service's Counter Terrorism Command on Thursday. Scotland Yard said 19 properties across London and in Stoke-on-Trent in central England are being searched.
Scotland Yard said the men were arrested as “part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism and are not in response to any immediate public safety risk.”
The men, aged between 22 and 51, are in custody at stations in central London.
Choudary was one of nine men arrested, British media report.
Britain last month raised its international threat level to the second-highest level of ‘severe’, meaning an attack is considered very likely. Prime Minister David Cameron has said the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq poses the country's greatest-ever security risk.
