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.

The arrest on Wednesday afternoon was part of a counter-terrorism probe into the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, police said.

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 counter-terrorism officers arrested six individuals linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in London. The PKK is a banned extremist group seeking an independent Kurdish state in Turkey. The arrests followed a significant investigation,

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.

Police and protesters have clashed in north London after seven people were arrested as part of a counter terrorism investigation. Five men and two women, aged between 23 and 62, were arrested after an investigation into suspected activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party,