Post by Totheleft on Nov 13, 2024 2:46:01 GMT
A serving Gloucestershire police officer has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence.
A constable in his 30s was arrested by counter-terror police on Tuesday in Gloucester under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of providing support for a proscribed organisation, which Gloucestershire Constabulary named as Hamas.
The suspected support for the group is related to online activity, the force added.
Hamas, an Islamic militant group that operates out of Gaza, has been at war with Israel in a conflict that violently escalated after the 7 October attack last year.
Expressing support for or being a member of Hamas is illegal in the UK, where it is a designated terrorist group - as it is in the European Union and dozens of other countries, such as the United States.
A constable in his 30s was arrested by counter-terror police on Tuesday in Gloucester under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of providing support for a proscribed organisation, which Gloucestershire Constabulary named as Hamas.
The suspected support for the group is related to online activity, the force added.
Hamas, an Islamic militant group that operates out of Gaza, has been at war with Israel in a conflict that violently escalated after the 7 October attack last year.
Expressing support for or being a member of Hamas is illegal in the UK, where it is a designated terrorist group - as it is in the European Union and dozens of other countries, such as the United States.
