SQUADDIES IN NEO-NAZI TERROR PLOT

Four Brit soldiers held

FOUR serving British Army soldiers have been arrested for being members of a banned neo-Nazi group.

They are being quizzed on suspicion of preparing acts of terror and being part of an organisation called National Action.

They were arrested by West Midlands Police as part of a “pre-planned and intelligence-led” operation.

Police said there was “no threat to the public safety”.

An Army spokesperson said: “We can confirm that a number of serving members of the Army have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for being associated with a proscribed far-right group.

“These arrests are the consequence of a Home Office Police Force-led operation ® supported by the Army. This is now the subject of a civilian police investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further.”

Established in 2013, National Action is described by the Home Office as “virulently racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic”.

It praised terrorist killer Thomas Mair, who shot and stabbed Labour MP Jo Cox.

The men are a 22-year-old from Birmingham, a 32-year-old from Powys, mid Wales, a 24-year-old from Ipswich and a 24-year-old from Northampton.

The arrests were carried out with West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, the Wales Extremism Counter Terrorism Unit and the East Midlands Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit.