Counter terrorism police hold teenager

Police said on Tuesday they had arrested a teenager in Blackburn as part of an investigation into alleged threats on an Islamic website to kill Gordon Brown.

LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Tuesday they had arrested a teenager in Blackburn as part of an investigation into alleged threats on an Islamic website to kill Gordon Brown.

The 19-year-old man was held under the Terrorism Act in the early hours following a joint operation between Lancashire Police and the Greater Manchester Police Counter Terrorism Unit.

His home is being searched.

Five men detained in Blackburn, Derby and Accrington earlier this year have been charged with terrorism offences after an investigation into the alleged threats, posted by a group calling itself al-Qaeda in Britain.

(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Steve Addison)