Terror arrests in Britain at highest level since 9/11 – police
RT.com
May 15, 2015
Terror-related arrests in England, Wales and Scotland last year were at the highest level since 9/11, with teenagers, women and entire families among those held in custody, Scotland Yard has said.
In the year to the end of March, UK police arrested 338 people on suspicion of terror offences. More than half of those arrests were related to Syria, Met Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said.
Police said more than 700 Britons are now thought to have traveled to Syria to join militant groups including the Islamic State. Around half of those terror suspects are believed to have since returned to the UK.
“They are not aid workers or visiting relatives — they are people of real concern that they are getting involved in fighting or are supportive of it. They are potential terrorist suspects,” Rowley said.
The total number of terror-related arrests was up from 254 in 2013/14 – an increase of around a third. Suspects were arrested for offences ranging from fundraising for extremist causes to plotting terrorist attacks.
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