23 April 2015, 15:45 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The number of terror-related arrests made in the United Kingdom has reached record levels in the past 12 months, with 338 persons detained on suspicion of terrorist activities, a top Scotland Yard source said Thursday.
"We are talking about an arrest a day… That is extraordinary," Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said, as quoted by the Evening Standard.
The total figure for the past year marks a 33 percent increase on the 254 terrorism-related arrests recorded in the 12 months ending in April 2014.
About half of the arrests in the past year were directly linked to the Syrian conflict.
