London: Three young women were arrested under anti-terrorism laws in east London on Monday, just days after an armed raid in north-west London.
Police said two 18-year-old women and one 19-year-old were held on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts.
"The arrests were made as part of an ongoing intelligence-led operation in connection with an address on Harlesden Road," a statement from police said.
The Harlesden Road terraced house, was the location of a raid by armed counter-terrorism officers last Thursday.
Police said at the time that the raid had disrupted an active militant plot.
Monday's arrests come just over a month after a British-born convert to Islam ploughed a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, and days after a man was arrested carrying knives .
In the Thursday raid, armed counter-terrorism officers using tear gas stormed the house and shot a woman in her 20s.
She was released from hospital on Sunday, then arrested on suspicion of committing terror offences.
Britain has been on its second-highest alert level – "severe" – since August 2014, meaning an attack by militants is considered highly likely.
Reuters