3 held in UK on terror charges

By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

London

Sept. 27: The Metropolitan police arrested three men on terror charges in north London early on Saturday morning.

The three men, 22, 30 and 40 years old, were arrested at around 2.25 am on Saturday in Islington, the police said. Two were stopped in the street outside a property on Lonsdale Square, and the third was detained near Angel underground station.

The three men, who were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, are being questioned at Paddington Green police station in central London.

The police is also searching four London addresses — two in Walthamstow, one in Ilford and one in Forest Gate.

A fourth arrested was made by the police when a woman was detained at a property in Ilford for alleged obstruction.

Although no more details have been released by the police, a a small fire inside the property in Lonsdale Square in Islington, north London, is being linked to the three arrests. "At this early stage it is being linked with the arrests," a Metropolitan police spokesperson said.

The property has been identified as the home and office of publisher Martin Rynja, according to details on the Telegraph website.