Since mid-2013, British police prevented a 13 potential terrorist attack. This was stated by the head of the counterterrorist activities of Scotland Yard’s mark Rowley, reports on Monday, March 6, The Guardian.
According to him, the extremists were going to attack including in Brussels and Paris scenarios. “Some of them were more elaborate,” said Rowley, noting that the terrorists wanted to attack on police stations and military, as well as to organize terrorist attacks in public places.
“We are concerned about everything — from attacks with a knife or using vehicles to serious attacks with the use of firearms”, — quotes BBC News.
Rowley added that over the past two years, the level of threat of terrorist attacks in the UK is classified as serious. “This means that an attack is highly likely”, he concluded.
22 March 2016 in Brussels airport near the ticket counter American Airlines, two explosions occurred. On the same day a bomb exploded at the station of the Brussels metro “Maalbeek”. As a result of two attacks killed 35 people, more than 300 were injured.
13 November 2015 in Paris had committed a series of terrorist attacks. As a result of the terrorist attacks in cafes, restaurants, the stadium “Stade de France” and in the concert hall “Bataclan” killed 130 people, more than 350 were injured.