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London police arrest 3 female teens on suspicion of terrorism

Xinhua, May 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

Three teenage females, two aged 18 and the other aged 19, were arrested Monday by Officers from London's Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.

Police said they carried out search warrants Monday morning at three addresses in east London.

In a statement, the Met said the three women were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000. They are currently in custody at a police station outside of London.

The arrests were made as part of an ongoing intelligence-led operation last Thursday in connection with an address on Harlesden Road in northwest London's Willesden district during which a 21-year-old woman was shot and wounded by armed police.

She was discharged from a London hospital, where she had been under guard by armed police, on Sunday and was immediately arrested.

Police are now holding nine people under terrorism laws as a result of the raid at the house in Harlesden Road, as well as a 10th person in custody following an incident near Downing Street when a man, carrying a number of knives, was arrested. Enditem