London counterterrorism police arrest 6 people suspected of links to a banned Kurdish party

LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism officers have arrested six people as part of an investigation into activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party known as the PKK. The Metropolitan Police said four men and two women were arrested in London and detained under the Terrorism Act of 2000. The PKK, a separatist movement seeking an independent Kurdish state in southeast Turkey, is on the list of suspected terrorist organizations banned by the U.K. Police say they are searching the Kurdish Community Center in the Haringey area of north London and seven other locations across the city.