British Police Arrest Several Iranian Men Over Alleged Plot To Attack Target In London

British counterterrorism officers arrested respective Iranian men complete an alleged scheme to onslaught an undisclosed location successful London, nan London Metropolitan Police announced Sunday.

Five men betwixt nan ages of 29 and 46 were taken into custody connected Saturday successful various parts of England connected suspicion of preparing a violent act.

Four of nan men are Iranian citizens, while investigators are still moving to find nan nationality of nan fifth.

In a abstracted investigation, 3 different Iranian men, aged 39, 44 and 55, were arrested successful London connected suspicion of a nationalist information offense.

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British counterterrorism officers arrested respective Iranian men complete an alleged scheme to onslaught an undisclosed location successful London. (AP)

All nan suspects are being questioned astatine constabulary stations but person not yet been charged. Police are searching respective properties successful London, Manchester successful northwest England and Swindon successful occidental England.

Police said nan onslaught crippled targeted a azygous location, which nan agency said is not being revealed "for operational reasons."

Commander Dominic Murphy, who leads nan constabulary force’s Counter Terrorism Command, said investigators are still moving to found a motive "as good arsenic to place whether location whitethorn beryllium immoderate further consequence to nan public."

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All nan suspects are being questioned astatine constabulary stations but person not yet been charged. (Getty Images)

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said nan arrests were "serious events that show nan ongoing request to accommodate our consequence to nationalist information threats."

"The authorities continues to activity pinch constabulary and intelligence agencies to support each nan action and information assessments that are needed to support nan state safe," she said.

In October, nan caput of Britain’s MI5 home information service, Ken McCallum, said his agents and constabulary person identified 20 "potentially lethal" land backed by Iran since 2022, pinch astir targeting Iranians successful nan U.K. who reason nan country’s authorities.

Police said nan onslaught crippled targeted a azygous location, which nan agency said is not being revealed "for operational reasons." (Getty Images)

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McCallum said astatine nan clip location was nan consequence "of an summation in, aliases broadening of, Iranian authorities aggression successful nan U.K." if conflicts successful nan Middle East intensified.

The U.K.’s charismatic panic threat level stands astatine "substantial," which falls successful nan mediate of a five-point scale, meaning an onslaught is likely.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.