UK: 4 soldiers linked to neo-Nazi group planned terror attack September 5, 2017National Action protesters. (Screenshot)(Screenshot)UK: 4 soldiers linked to neo-Nazi group planned terror attackFour British soldiers were detained on suspicion they were preparing a terror attack. British police arrested four serving members of the British army under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of being members of a banned far-right group, British defense officials and police said Tuesday.The West Midlands Counterterrorism Unit said officers had arrested four people in central England alleged to be members of the neo-Nazi group National Action. The group is banned in the UK, and an official list of banned groups describes it as “virulently racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic.”The force said the men were suspected of “being concerned in the commission, preparation and instigation” of terrorism acts. They were detained as part of a “pre-planned and intelligence-led” operation and there was “no threat to the public’s safety.”Britain’s Ministry of Defense confirmed that the four men are serving members of the army.“We can confirm that a number of serving members of the army have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for being associated with a proscribed far-right group,” the army said in a statement.Several properties were raided in connection with the arrests.Membership or inviting support for National Action is a criminal offense that carries a sentence of up to 10 years. The group has been linked to the murder of Labour lawmaker Jo Cox in 2016.Read WATCH: IDF special forces complete 50-hour counterterror raidHome Secretary Amber Rudd banned National Action after an assessment that it was “concerned in terrorism” ahead of the trial of right-wing extremist Thomas Mair, who was convicted in Cox’s murder.By: AP CounterterrorismNeo-NazisUnited Kingdom