Al Qaeda and ISIS ‘planning attacks in the UK’ Home Secretary Suella Braverman set to warn the threat of terrorism is severe in Britain

July 16, 2023 and   

(National-UAE) ISIS and Al Qaeda are plotting attacks in the UK, the government is expected to warn on Tuesday.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman will describe terrorism by Islamist extremists as “the predominant threat” facing British security in an update to Contest, the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy.

She will say states including Russia pose an increasing threat and are using terrorism to create division in UK society.

There are about 800 live terror investigations in the UK and counter-terrorism police last year made 169 arrests.

Authorities thwarted 39 attacks in the late stages of planning, most of the plots by Islamist extremists.

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