ALBAWABA - In a statement earlier, Metropolitan Police announced arresting six people in a counter-terrorism police operation in London, following suspicion of links to the banned militant group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The police said that the operation was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, where two women and four men were detained under the Terrorism Act and are currently being held in a police station in London.
Officers are carrying out searches at eight addresses across the capital, including the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey, as part of the investigation.
The search is expected to last up to a fortnight, with the center and surrounding area closed to the public in the meantime. Extra officers will carry out patrols over the coming days, the police said in the statement.
Acting Commander Helen Flanagan, from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said the arrests over the "very serious allegations" followed a "significant" investigation.
"This investigation and activity is about protecting all of our communities, but particularly those in our Turkish and Kurdish communities" Commander Flanagan stated.
She also urged "anyone who thinks they may have been affected or targeted by those linked to the PKK" to reach out to the police for protection.
The PKK is classified as a terrorist organization in Turkey, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and it has been battling the Turkish state since the 1980s for more rights for the country's significant Kurdish minority, the BBC reported.
