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Five teenagers arrested under suspicion of terror offences

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Counter Terrorism Command have arrested five teenagers in London on the suspicion of preparing to commit acts of terrorism. The Metropolitan Police said the arrests relate to plans to travel to join a proscribed organisation. The arrests follow searches at four homes in London on Tuesday, January 14, and a separate search on a home in Lambeth on Monday 21 February. The five teenagers included a 17-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy, who were arrested at a home in south London, while a 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were arrested at an address in west London, and a 15-year-old boy was arrested at a home in east London. Searches at the east London address continued following the arrest. All five teenagers are being detained under TACT in a central London police station while enquiries continue.

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