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| Four held in London over suspected Syria links | Four held in London over suspected Syria links |
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| 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. | 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 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. | 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. |
| 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 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." |
| Searches are continuing at three residential addresses in east London. | Searches are continuing at three residential addresses in east London. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
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