4 individuals have been arrested in Birmingham and one individual held at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of terror offences.
Three males aged 26, forty and fifty nine and a 29-yr-previous lady – have been held in Birmingham on Thursday night time.
In the meantime a 26-yr-previous man was arrested at Gatwick Airport early on Friday morning.
Sky correspondent Tom Parmenter stated: “At this stage it seems to be like these are the primary arrests within the UK linked to the atrocities in Paris and Brussels.”
Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale, who leads on counter-terrorism for the West Midlands, stated the investigation concerned MI5 and Belgian and French authorities.
He stated the arrests have been pre-deliberate, and stated there was “no danger to the general public at any time”.
There isn’t any info to recommend an assault within the UK was being deliberate, he added.
All 5 suspects are being held within the West Midlands, the place they’re being questioned by specialist officers.
Police are additionally looking quite a few properties in Birmingham as a part of the investigation.