British police arrest several Iranian men over alleged plot to attack target in London

British counterterrorism officers arrested respective Iranian men implicit an alleged program to onslaught an undisclosed determination successful London, the London Metropolitan Police announced Sunday.

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

Four of the men are Iranian citizens, portion investigators are inactive moving to find the nationality of the 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 implicit an alleged program to onslaught an undisclosed determination successful London. (AP)

All the 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 the onslaught crippled targeted a azygous location, which the bureau said is not being revealed "for operational reasons."

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

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

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

"The authorities continues to enactment with constabulary and quality agencies to enactment each the enactment and information assessments that are needed to support the state safe," she said.

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

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

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McCallum said astatine the clip determination was the hazard "of an summation in, oregon broadening of, Iranian authorities aggression successful the U.K." if conflicts successful the Middle East intensified.

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

The Associated Press contributed to this report.