(Arab News) The UK’s domestic intelligence agency thwarted a plot by an Islamist extremist to attack a music festival attended by about 90,000 people every year, Mail Online reported.
In 2022, a tipoff led [MI5] officers to arrest a 15-year-old boy suspected of preparing an attack at the Isle of Wight Festival. It is claimed the boy was inspired by Daesh and researched weapons online, the Sun reported.
It comes after counterterrorism police this week revealed that they had foiled 39 recent terror attempts, including planned attacks on politicians.
“The threat of a mainland terror attack of scale is still an active and live threat,” a security source told Mail Online.
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