Counter Terrorism Police Arrest 12 Over Right-Wing Threat
UK police arrest 12 suspects linked to a right-wing terror threat against a Muslim event.
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed the suspect was not known to the government's anti-terrorism programme in an update to MPs.
Arrests come against a backdrop of rising racial tensions and hate crimes across Britain.
8 men have been arrested and detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act and remain in police custody. The other 4 were held for other crimes.
A man held over the alleged murder of Reform UK spokesman Ann Widdecombe has been re-arrested under terror laws. The post Counter-Terror Police Take Over Investigation Into Slain Brexiteer Lawmaker Ann Widdecombe appeared first on Breitbart.
British counterterrorism police officers are now leading the investigation into the suspected murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe in light of new information, interior minister Shabana Mahmood said on Monday. Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her home in rural southwest England last Thursday with what police described as “serious injuries”. She was a prominent member of Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK, having left the Conservatives after she stood down from parliament...
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