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Met police arrest four men over alleged Syria jihadist kidnap plot Four held in London over suspected Syria links
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Four men have been arrested by detectives investigating travel to Syria "in support of alleged terrorist activity". Four men have been arrested, including one at Gatwick airport, as part of investigations into people travelling to Syria in support of alleged terrorist activity.
A 33-year-old man was arrested at Gatwick airport on Wednesday afternoon as he attempted to fly out of the UK, the Metropolitan police said. A 33-year-old man was arrested at Gatwick airport on Wednesday afternoon as he attempted to take a flight out of the UK. Three other men, aged 18, 31 and 22, were arrested at separate addresses in east London in dawn raids on Thursday.
Three other men, aged 18, 31 and 22, were arrested in early-morning raids on addresses in east London on Thursday. A Metropolitan police spokesman said: "They are all in custody at a south London police station where they will be interviewed by officers from the MPS's counter-terrorism command."
A police spokesman said: "They are all in custody at a south London police station where they will be interviewed by officers from MPS [Metropolitan police service] counter-terrorism command."
Searches are continuing at three residential addresses in east London.Searches are continuing at three residential addresses in east London.
Wednesday's arrests follow those of Jubayer Chowdhury and Shajul Islam last year. The arrests are linked to an investigation in which two men were arrested and charged over the kidnapping of two photographers – Briton John Cantlie and his Dutch colleague Jeroen Orelemans – in Syria in July.
Chowdhury, 24, was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan police's counter-terrorism command at Heathrow airport in November after arriving on a flight from Bahrain and is now facing charges in connection with the alleged plot. Jubayer Chowdhury, 24, was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at Heathrow airport in November after arriving on a flight from Bahrain. Shajul Islam, 26, a trainee NHS doctor, was arrested in October as he arrived back in the UK with his wife and one-year-old daughter on a flight from Egypt, and is accused of being part of an extremist group that held the two photographers.
Islam, 26, a trainee NHS doctor, who studied at St Bartholomew's and a University of London Hospital, is also accused of being part of an extremist group that held the photojournalist John Cantlie, who worked for various newspapers including the Sunday Times, and a Dutch freelance photographer, Jeroen Oerlemans, for a week in the war-torn state.
Islam, from Stratford, east London, was arrested at Heathrow airport in October as he arrived back in the UK with his wife and one-year-old daughter on a flight from Egypt.
He is accused of being a doctor for the jihadist group that kidnapped the journalists and held them at a camp in Syria. Islam is in custody, pending a trial later this year.