British counterterrorism officers have arrested six people as part of an investigation into activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party known as the PKK

Six people have been arrested as part of a significant Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into suspected activity linked to the proscribed group Kurdistan Workers Party known as the ‘PKK’.

Protesters clashed with police in north London after six suspected members of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, were arrested as part of a significant counter-terrorism investigation.

Seven people have been arrested in London as part of a counter-terrorism investigation into suspected activity linked to the proscribed group Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

London's streets witnessed a tense operation as armed police arrested six individuals, suspected of ties to a controversial terror network.

Those arrested allegedly belong to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is listed as terrorist organisation in the European Union. View on euronews

LONDON (Reuters) -British police said they had arrested seven people and were searching a Kurdish community centre in London as part of a counter terrorism investigation into suspected activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party,

British police have arrested seven individuals and are investigating a Kurdish community centre in London over suspected links to the banned PKK group. The arrests, involving five men and two women, stem from a major counterterrorism operation,

The Metropolitan Police said two women, aged 59 and 31, and four men, aged 27, 62, 56 and 23, were arrested at separate addresses in the early hours of Wednesday. They have all been detained under the Terrorism Act and are in custody at a London police station.

Counter-terrorism police have arrested six people and a community centre is temporarily closed as part of an investigation into the banned Kurdistan Workers Party. The group, known as the PKK, is classed as a terrorist organisation in the UK and the arrests came amid a “significant” police probe into potential terrorist activity.