Scotland Yard mentioned the newest arrest was not believed to be linked to the arson assault, which the pressure mentioned was not a hate crime.
A separate investigation into the arson assault on the MP’s workplace in Finchley, north London, on Christmas Eve is ongoing, with a person and a girl charged with arson with intent to hazard life.
Det Supt Will Lexton-Jones, from the native policing group in north-west London, mentioned: “It is vitally essential for elected officers and their workers they are often assured of their security and safety, and we’re dedicated to making sure this.
“Today’s arrest sends a transparent message we won’t tolerate threats or aggression of any variety in the direction of elected officers. We will deal shortly and robustly with such offences.
“We are in common contact with MPs and different elected officers and totally recognise the rising issues they’re telling us about their security, and as you’ll anticipate, we’ve saved Mr Freer MP up to date all through this investigation, together with at this time’s arrest.”
Mr Freer beforehand revealed he and his workers now put on stab vests when attending scheduled public occasions in his constituency after they discovered that Ali had watched his Finchley workplace earlier than occurring to knife Sir David to dying throughout a constituency surgical procedure in 2021.
The MP mentioned he had additionally obtained threats from the group Muslims Against Crusades “about coming to stab me” and located “mock Molotov cocktails on the office steps”.
Mr Freer, who has pro-Israel views and represents a closely Jewish constituency, mentioned anti-Semitism couldn’t be “divorced” from the intimidation.