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Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released from custody | Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released from custody |
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Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from police custody after being arrested on suspicion of being a member of a banned terrorist group. | Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from police custody after being arrested on suspicion of being a member of a banned terrorist group. |
He was one of nine men held on Thursday as part of a Met Police inquiry into Islamist-related terrorism. | He was one of nine men held on Thursday as part of a Met Police inquiry into Islamist-related terrorism. |
Mr Choudary, 47, was questioned at Southwark Police Station in London. | |
Abu Izzadeen, 39, of London, also known as Trevor Brookes, was charged with breaching a notification requirement under counter-terrorism legislation. | |
He will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday. | |
Mr Choudary is one of eight men, aged between 22 and 51, who have been bailed to return to central London police stations in January. | |
Property searched | |
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Choudary said his bail restrictions included a ban on foreign travel and public preaching. | |
He described his arrest as "politically motivated", in order to silence him on the eve of the Parliamentary vote on military intervention in Iraq. | He described his arrest as "politically motivated", in order to silence him on the eve of the Parliamentary vote on military intervention in Iraq. |
Mr Choudary said he had been questioned about organisations that he was formerly involved with before they were banned under terrorism legislation. His brother was released alongside him. | Mr Choudary said he had been questioned about organisations that he was formerly involved with before they were banned under terrorism legislation. His brother was released alongside him. |
Mr Choudary is the former UK head of the Islamist group al-Muhajiroun or Islam4UK, which was banned in 2010. | |
Two men, aged 33 and 42, who were arrested in the early hours of Friday on the M6 motorway near Rugby, remain in custody at a central London police station. | |
Scotland Yard said their officers had searched several residential, business or community premises. | |
Three of the searches are ongoing. |