Four terror suspects were seized in dawn police swoops yesterday - including an Islamic State veteran suspected of plotting an attack in the UK.
At least one of four suspects - all arrested in London - is thought to have trained with ISIS and returned to the UK after fighting on the Syrian killing fields.
Dozens of IS fighters are thought to have been stopped at the border as they attempt to return to the UK but this person is understood to have gone home and remained under surveillance.
The men - aged between 20 and 21 – were held by counter terror police and assisted by armed officers who tasered one during the the early morning raids.
They were arrested in the early morning on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism and have been taken to police stations in central London and remain in custody.
A number of residential addresses and vehicles were last night being searched by specialist officers in west and central London as part of the investigation.
The ISIS suspect was taken in West London and armed police were at least one of the raids.
Much of the focus of MI5’s battle against Islamic extremism has switched to West and East London after a number of successful counter-terror operations in North London.
British police arrested 11 people last month in other Islamist-related operations. It was not immediately clear if the various investigations were connected.
A Scotland Yard statement said: “These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism.”
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In August the Security Service pushed up the UK’s threat level warning about international terrorism - like that from Islamic extremism - to “severe” meaning an attack is “highly likely.”
The level had until then been set at “substantial” for more than a year - even though the sudden increased alert status was recently said not to be related to a particular plot.
On social media British jihadists fighting in Syria have threatened to launch a terror attack in Britain in a mark of retribution against UK airstrikes in Iraq.
They claim the attack would parallel the 7/7 London bombings and beheading of soldier Lee Rigby.
Reacting to RAF missions that have struck Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants, vehicles, and positions, a British jihadist based in the Middle East delivered an in-depth interview via social media on Wednesday.
He said that those who have travelled to war-torn Syria to fight in the region could potentially return to conduct attacks in Britain.
The message said: “Tell the Brit govt to withdraw unless they want the days of 7/7, and Adebolajo [to] become regular days,” he warned, referencing Michael Adebolajo, one of two young men who murdered Rigby in Woolwich last year.
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