Jack Teixeira arrested over leaked US military

A national guardsman suspected to be behind a series of US military document leaks has been arrested by the FBI.

Jack Teixeira, 21, is said to have overseen a private online group, containing around 25 active members, in which the highly classified documents were shared.

Teixeira, a member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested at a property in North Dighton and taken into custody by the FBI.