Tuesday, September 5, 2017

U.K. police arrest four army members linked to neo-Nazi group


Four serving members of the army were arrested under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of being members of a banned far-right group, British defence officials and police said Tuesday.

The West Midlands Counterterrorism Unit said officers had arrested four people in central England alleged to be members of the neo-Nazi group National Action. The group is banned in the U.K., and an official list of banned groups describes it as “virulently racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic.”

The force said the men were suspected of “being concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation” of terrorism acts. They were detained as part of a “pre-planned and intelligence-led” operation and there was “no threat to the public’s safety.”

Britain’s Ministry of Defence confirmed that the four men are serving members of the army.  (more...)



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