9 Men Arrested In London On Suspicion Of Terror Offences

The Metropolitan police have detained nine men suspected of being members of a banned organisation. Two further men were arrested on Thursday on the M6 motorway.

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Francis Whittaker
by Francis Whittaker

BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK

Two further men have been arrested in the early hours of Thursday in a vehicle on the M6 motorway.

The men are aged 33 and 42. The former was arrested on suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation, supporting a proscribed organisation and encouraging terrorism.

The latter was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. Both men remain in custody in a central London police station.

Updated — Sept. 25, 9:40 a.m. BST

The Metropolitan police have arrested nine men as part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism.

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In a statement, the police said they arrested the men on "suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation, supporting a proscribed organisation" and "encouraging terrorism".

They are conducting 19 searches of residential, business, and community premises, including 11 in east London, one in west London, one in northwest London and five in south London. The other search is being conducted 160 miles north of the capital, in Stoke-on-Trent.

According to The Times, the men are linked to a group formerly known as al-Muhajiroun.

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The men, aged between 22 and 51, have been taken to police stations in central London.

The Press Association is reporting that one of the men being held is radical preacher Anjem Choudary.

The police said the arrests and searches were part of an "ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism and are not in response to any immediate public safety risk".

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