UK arrests 12 over extreme right-wing ‘terror’ threat to Muslim event
- Arrests come against a backdrop of rising racial tensions and hate crimes across Britain.
- British police have arrested 12 people in connection with an “extreme right-wing” terrorism threat targeting an Islamic gathering held in eastern England over the weekend.
- The arrests were made across the country on Sunday and Monday, with the detainees aged between 27 and 82.
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- Arrests come against a backdrop of rising racial tensions and hate crimes across Britain.
- British police have arrested 12 people in connection with an “extreme right-wing” terrorism threat targeting an Islamic gathering held in eastern England over the weekend.
- The arrests were made across the country on Sunday and Monday, with the detainees aged between 27 and 82.
Sources: Al Jazeera