British counterterrorism officers have arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London. The Metropolitan Police force said five men aged between 29 and 46 were detained on Saturday in various parts of England on suspicion of preparing “a terrorist act.
British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of "preparation of a terrorist act".The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area, with all five arrested on suspicion of "terrorism offences", London's Metropolitan Poli…
Four of the five men arrested on suspicion of "preparation of a terrorist act" are Iranian nationals. The nationality of the fifth suspect is yet to be established, police said.
British police said Sunday that they had arrested eight people, including seven Iranian nationals, on suspicion of "terrorism offences." Britain's interior minister Yvette Cooper described the arrests, which come amid heightened concerns about Iranian activities on UK soil, as two major operations.
British authorities say 8 men, at least 7 of them Iranian, have been arrested in London and 2 other areas over a specific attack plot and a separate security threat.
LONDON — British counterterrorism officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target and three others over a national security threat, police said Sunday. The gove
