Police and protesters have clashed in north London after seven people were arrested as part of a counter terrorism investigation.
Five men and two women, aged between 23 and 62, were arrested after an investigation into suspected activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK.
The PKK, a militant group founded in southeast Turkey in 1978 with the aim of creating an independent Kurdish state, was banned in Britain in 2001. The group has been involved in a 40-year conflict, leading to more than 40,000 deaths.
British police said they were carrying out searches at eight premises across London, including the Kurdish Community Centre in Harringay, which is likely to be closed to the public for up to two weeks
Members of the Kurdish community and locals light candles arranged to depict the star in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) flag
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Protesters gathered near the community centre following the first six arrests and additional officers have consequently been deployed to the area, the Met reported.
Four people at the protest were arrested but the arrests were not directly connected to the counter-terrorism probe, it said.
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