CAA calls on Home Secretary to intervene after two terror suspects in Hizballah case released on bail

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences as part of an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command.

Detectives arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation, preparation for acts of terrorism and being involved in a funding arrangement for the purposes of terrorism. Officers also arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation.

The investigation relates to Hizballah, a proscribed terrorist organisation.

The two men were taken to a London police station, and have since been released on bail until a date in mid-July.

The full Met Police statement can be found here.

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “The decision to release these suspects on bail, so that they are now free to roam in London until July, is extremely alarming. Hizballah is a proscribed antisemitic genocidal terror group, which seeks the murder of all Jews, and has carried out terrorist attacks against Jews all over the world, from Burgas to Buenos Aires. In 2015, the authorities discovered a cache of three metric tonnes of Hizballah explosives in London. Given the gravity of the allegations in this matter, we are asking the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to intervene to ensure that Londoners are being adequately protected.”