“Today’s arrests were pre-planned and not made in response to any immediate threat to public safety. Officers were unarmed,” said a statement from the local British police detachment. The four are being held under Britain’s Terrorism Act 2000, which gives investigators 48 hours to charge, release, or apply for additional detention time to detain the suspects.
In September, authorities nabbed three suspected suicide bombers before they went operational. The group is reported to have planned “mass murder” on the streets of Britain, and made “martyrdom” videos stating their intentions.
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