Twelve arrested over alleged right-wing terror threat to UK Islamic event, police say
CTP confirmed the investigation was “right-wing terrorism related” and officers were conducting searches at various addresses across the country linked to those arrested.
It said eight men were arrested and detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and remain in custody.
Three other men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and a woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Of those, one person has since been released on bail, while the other three remain in custody.
Police confirmed once they had been made aware of a “potential serious threat” toward the event it had declared a major incident, but that status had since been stood down.
The following arrests were made around the country:
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Five men, aged 27, 29, 55, 60 and 82 were arrested in Surrey
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A 35-year-old man was arrested in Greater Manchester
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Two men, both 42, were arrested in Essex
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A man, 33, was arrested in southeast London
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One woman, 48, and a man, 31, were arrested in east London
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A man, 27, was arrested in Ipswich
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