Five people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been arrested on suspicion of right-wing terrorism offences. Officers carried out a series of raids in Keighley, in West Yorkshire, Swindon and Anglesey in Wales. Following the arrests, bomb disposal experts were called to a property in Keighley after officers discovered “potentially suspicious material”. A cordon has been put in place around the property and a number of nearby homes have been evacuated, police said. Counter Terrorism Policing North East (CTPNE) said two men, aged 29 and 30, and a 28-year-old woman have been arrested in Keighley on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Swindon and a 28-year-old man was arrested in Anglesey on suspicion of the same offence. All five have been taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning. ‘No immediate risk’ A CTPNE spokesperson said the arrests form part of an ongoing investigation into right-wing terrorism.
via bbc: Five arrested in right-wing terror raids across England and Wales
siehe auch: Bomb squad evacuate street as five arrested in right wing terror raids. Five people have been arrested and a street has been evacuated by the bomb squad as part of an investigation into right wing terrorism. Two men and a woman were arrested in Keighley, near Bradford, by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North East this morning. The men, aged 29 and 30, and the woman, aged 28, have been taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning. They were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 41 Terrorism Act 2000. A man, 28, from North Wales and a teenage boy, 16, from Wiltshire have also been arrested on suspicion of the same offences as part of the investigation. Police searched two addresses in Keighley and found what they described as ‘potentially suspicious material’. The bomb squad has been called in ‘to provide specialist advice and to arrange the safe removal of the items if required’, police said. A number of people who live on the street have had to be evacuated from their homes while the specialist officers investigate.