Four men arrested for 'preparing acts of terrorism' in London terror raids

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Four men arrested for 'preparing acts of terrorism' in London terror raids

London Met's counter-terror command said the arrests were 'pre-planned as part of an ongoing investigation'

British police have arrested four men in a series of raids on Wednesday in east London on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom. 

Special branch officers, the London Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit, had detained the four men, aged 18, 24, 25 and 27, at their homes in east London.

"These arrests were pre-planned as part of an ongoing investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command and (the domestic spy agency) MI5," police said in a statement.

"The arrests are linked to activity in the UK."

The men were being questioned at a south London police station "on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism", the statement added.

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