Police said three men and a woman had been arrested in Birmingham,
central England, on Thursday and another man was held at London's
Gatwick Airport in the early hours of Friday.
UK police arrest five in terrorism inquiry involving France, Belgium(IB Times)
British police
said they had arrested five people on suspicion of preparing acts of
terrorism as part of an investigation which had involved Belgian and French authorities to address any threat to Britain after the Paris and Brussels attacks.
Police said three men and a woman had been arrested in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday and another man was held at London's Gatwick Airport in the early hours of Friday.
"The
arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led. There was no risk to the
public at any time and there is no information to suggest an attack in
the UK was being planned," Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale from West Midlands Police said in a statement.
"This
action forms part of an extensive investigation by West Midlands
Counter Terrorism Unit, together with the wider counter terrorism
network, (domestic spy agency) MI5 and international partners including
Belgian and French authorities to address any associated threat to the
UK following the attacks in Europe."
British
media have reported that a Belgian man, suspected of involvement in last
month's Islamic State attacks in Brussels, had travelled to Birmingham
last year and taken photos of a soccer stadium.
On
March 22, two suicide bombers blew up suitcase bombs at Brussels
airport before a third struck a metro train in the city. Thirty-two
people were killed.
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