G-20 Terror Plotters Turn out to be Antifa Activists
Although they found “material relating to political ideology” the suspects did not belong to a particular radical group.
The guns recovered – including the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle – were understood to be incapable of firing live ammunition. One source said the group are political activists who may have wanted to disrupt the summit without harming anyone. Paul Netherton, Assistant Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, said: “Further searches are ongoing and a number of items have been submitted for forensic examination.”
He described the weapons as “not major” and “probably not even lethal” and the arrests were an “isolated incident”, adding: “Police will be applying for warrants and further detention orders under the Terrorism Act in order to continue to search various properties in the Plymouth area and to interview the five suspects.”
The graffiti which sparked the arrests contained the word Antifa – the name of a