British police have arrested a man at London's Heathrow Airport in connection with the kidnapping of two Western journalists by Islamic extremists in Syria.
London's Metropolitan Police said they arrested the 24-year-old man on Monday on suspicion of terrorism offences after he arrived on a flight from Bahrain.
"Officers from the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service) Counter Terrorism Command today... arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism," the force said in a statement.
"Today's arrest forms part of an investigation into travel to Syria in support of alleged terrorist activity."
A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed that the arrest was in connection with the kidnapping of photographers John Cantlie from Britain and Jeroen Oerlemans of the Netherlands, who were held at a Syrian camp between July 17 and 26.
A British trainee doctor, Shajul Islam, appeared in court last month charged with being part of the jihadist group that held the photographers.