UK TERROR THREAT SHIFTS Record high of more than 700 live terror probes are running in the UK
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said that around 80 per cent of the terror probes were linked to Islamist plots
By Tom Wells
24th October 2018, 10:30 pm
Updated: 24th October 2018, 10:39 pm
A RECORD high of more than 700 live terror probes are running in the UK, police have revealed.
Top counter-terror cop Neil Basu told MPs that around 80 per cent of the inquiries related to Islamist plots, while the remainder included extreme right-wing conspiracies.
He said his greatest concern remained “simple attacks on softer targets that are cheap to mount, easy to disguise and therefore harder to see and stopâ€.
Police and the security services have stopped 17 terror attacks since March last year — 13 Islamist and four extreme right-wing.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7575582/record-high-of-more-than-700-live-terror-probes-are-running-in-the-uk/
