The British police announced on Wednesday that they had arrested seven people and were looking for a Kurdish community centre in London as part of a counter terrorism investigation into alleged activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, aka the PKK.
The individuals arrested included five men and two women, aged between 23 and 62, according to the police, adding there was no imminent threat to the public.
Meanwhile, Acting Commander Helen Flanagan had said in a statement;
“This activity has come about following a significant investigation and operation into activity we believe is linked to the terrorist group PKK.These are targeted arrests of those we suspect of being involved in terrorist activity linked to the group.”
The PKK is a militant group founded in southeast Turkey in 1978 with the primary purpose of creating an independent Kurdish state but it was banned in Britain in 2001. Since then, the group has been involved in a 40-year conflict, leading to over 40,000 deaths.
British police said they were conducting searches at eight premises across London, including the Kurdish Community Centre in the north of the capital, which will possibly to be closed to the public for up to two weeks.
