British Soldiers Arrested on Suspicion of Being Neo-Nazis
The police in West Midlands said the four men — a 22-year-old from Birmingham, in the West Midlands; a 32-year-old man from Powys, in Wales; a 24-year-old from Ipswich, in Suffolk; and a 24-year-old from Northampton, in the East Midlands were being held at a police station in the West Midlands and
that police had searched several properties in connection with the arrests.
5, 2017
Four serving members of the British Army suspected of membership in a neo-Nazi group were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of being involved "in the commission, preparation
and instigation of acts of terrorism," law enforcement officials said.
It has absolutely no place in a Britain that works for everyone." Far-right groups have come under closer scrutiny in recent months amid growing fears
that their views are attracting a wider audience, spurred by anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia that some analysts say has been driven by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
or being associated with a proscribed far-right group." It said
that the army had supported the police-led operation. that a number of serving members of the Army have been arrested under the Terrorism Act f
Members of National Action have previously praised Thomas Mair, an unemployed gardener obsessed with Nazi propaganda
and white supremacist ideology, who in June 2016 was convicted of killing Jo Cox, a Labour member of Parliament.
The police said the men were suspected of being members of National Action, a far-right group banned last year
that is known for racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic views.