Yorkshire Post

Three women arrested in anti-terror raids

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THREE teenage women have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences in an operation linked to a counter-terror raid during which a woman was shot and injured.

The suspects, two aged 18 and one aged 19, were held after raids by the Metropolit­an Police Counter-Terrorism Command in east London yesterday.

They are being questioned at a police station outside London on suspicion of the commission, preparatio­n and instigatio­n of terrorist acts.

The Met said the arrests were part of an “ongoing intelligen­celed operation” linked to a similar raid last Thursday in Harlesden Road, north London, during which a 21-year-old woman was shot by armed police.

The latest arrests bring the total linked to the Harlesden Road operation, in which police believe they foiled an active terror plot, to 10.

Elite armed officers carried out a “specialist entry” into the terrace property shortly before 7pm last Thursday. Police fired CS gas into the address, which had been under observatio­n as part of a counter-terrorism operation.

The 21-year-old woman shot by police was discharged from hospital on Sunday following treatment before being taken in for questionin­g.

A further six people were also arrested in connection with the swoop, including five at or near the address in north London and one in Kent.

Aged between 16 and 43, they were all arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparatio­n and instigatio­n of terrorist acts and taken to a south London police station for questionin­g.

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