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This Article is From Aug 23, 2016

2 Women Arrested In UK For Trying To Travel To Syria

2 Women Arrested In UK For Trying To Travel To Syria
Met Police arrested a 20-year-old and a 16-year-old. (Representational Image)
London: Two women have been arrested in the UK by Scotland Yard on suspicion of trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS terror group.

"Officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 20-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, namely travelling to Syria to join a proscribed organisation," a Met Police statement said.

The arrest in central London took place yesterday and both remain in custody at a central London police station.

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