Britain has been put on a high state of alert for another beheading attack on its streets, after intelligence services picked up a high level of “chatter” on the internet. Military and police personnel are likely to be primary targets, and have been warned not to wear their uniforms in public.
There has been a marked increase in the number of messages posted on social media urging ISIS sympathisers to carry out lone wolf attacks since September, when Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, one of the group’s leaders, called for “DIY attacks” in United States, France, Australia and Canada. In his message he urged supporters of the Islamic regime to “rise up and kill intelligence officers, police officers, soldiers and civilians” theTimes has reported.
Now the British counterterrorism agencies have monitored “chatter” about staging attacks similar to those perpetrated by the Islamic State, in which they abduct a target, film their murder and release the footage on the internet.
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