Preacher Choudary among nine UK terror arrests
The men, who were all seized in London, were arrested on suspicion of being members of, or supporting, a banned organisation, the Metropolitan Police said.
Al-Muhajiroun is understood to be the banned organisation in question, sources told the Press Association.
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The men, who are aged between 22 and 51, were arrested as “part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism and are not in response to any immediate public safety risk”, Scotland Yard said.
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