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’.

Free Kurdistan protesters clashed with police at a protest in north London after seven people were arrested following a swoop by counter terror officers.

British counter-terrorism officers arrested six people Wednesday as part of an investigation into activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party known as the PKK, police said. Four men and two women arrested in London were detained under the Terrorism Act of 2000,

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.

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

The PKK, banned in Britain since 2001, has waged a decades-long insurgency against Turkey, resulting in more than 40,000 deaths. The Metropolitan Police’s Acting Commander Helen Flanagan stated that the raid aimed to arrest individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities associated with the group.

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,

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.