British Soldiers Arrested on Suspicion of Being Neo-Nazis<br />The police in West Midlands said the four men — a 22-year-old from Birmingham, in the West Midlands; a 32-year-old man from Powys, in Wales; a 24-year-old from Ipswich, in Suffolk; and a 24-year-old from Northampton, in the East Midlands were being held at a police station in the West Midlands and<br />that police had searched several properties in connection with the arrests.<br />5, 2017<br />Four serving members of the British Army suspected of membership in a neo-Nazi group were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of being involved "in the commission, preparation<br />and instigation of acts of terrorism," law enforcement officials said.<br />It has absolutely no place in a Britain that works for everyone." Far-right groups have come under closer scrutiny in recent months amid growing fears<br />that their views are attracting a wider audience, spurred by anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia that some analysts say has been driven by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.<br />or being associated with a proscribed far-right group." It said<br />that the army had supported the police-led operation. that a number of serving members of the Army have been arrested under the Terrorism Act f<br />Members of National Action have previously praised Thomas Mair, an unemployed gardener obsessed with Nazi propaganda<br />and white supremacist ideology, who in June 2016 was convicted of killing Jo Cox, a Labour member of Parliament.<br />The police said the men were suspected of being members of National Action, a far-right group banned last year<br />that is known for racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic views.
