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| Five terror arrests follow police raids in Cardiff and Barry | Five terror arrests follow police raids in Cardiff and Barry |
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| Five men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act following raids in Cardiff and Barry. | Five men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act following raids in Cardiff and Barry. |
| Officers from North East Counter Terrorism Unit and the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit executed six search warrants on Thursday. | Officers from North East Counter Terrorism Unit and the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit executed six search warrants on Thursday. |
| The men, aged 19-32, were arrested under section 12 of the act, creating offences in relation to the support of proscribed organisations. | The men, aged 19-32, were arrested under section 12 of the act, creating offences in relation to the support of proscribed organisations. |
| The arrests are not linked to two men charged with offences on Wednesday. | The arrests are not linked to two men charged with offences on Wednesday. |
| Police said the arrests were linked to the Grangetown area of Cardiff and were part of a wider counter-terrorism investigation in Wales, but are not linked to brothers Aseel and Nasser Muthana who went to fight with IS in Syria. | Police said the arrests were linked to the Grangetown area of Cardiff and were part of a wider counter-terrorism investigation in Wales, but are not linked to brothers Aseel and Nasser Muthana who went to fight with IS in Syria. |
| South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland denied Cardiff was a hotbed of terrorism. | |
| ACC Holland said the Muthana brothers and Reyaad Khan had become poster boys in the UK for IS but said police were determined to tackle radicalisation. | ACC Holland said the Muthana brothers and Reyaad Khan had become poster boys in the UK for IS but said police were determined to tackle radicalisation. |
| "The scale of counter terrorism in Wales is minimal compared to other parts of the UK," she added. | |
| Ramesh Rupaliyah, who works in a shop in Kent Street in Grangetown, said there were a number of police vehicles there at 07:00 GMT when the store opened. | Ramesh Rupaliyah, who works in a shop in Kent Street in Grangetown, said there were a number of police vehicles there at 07:00 GMT when the store opened. |
| "Police were already there when I got here," he said "there were police vehicles in the street." | "Police were already there when I got here," he said "there were police vehicles in the street." |