(National-UAE) Widespread terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists in Europe are a genuine prospect as a result of the mounting deaths in Gaza, security analysts have told the National.
While increased state surveillance has made it difficult to mount spectacular attacks such as the Paris Bataclan in 2015, there are increasing fears of a Christmas atrocity by a “lone wolf” operative.
After several years of relative quiet in Europe, security chiefs are now on high alert for terrorist attacks as the Israel-Gaza conflict has proved “fodder for a reignition of global Islamic extremism,” said Justin Crump, chief executive of the Sibylline intelligence company.
In the past week, European police forces have arrested a number of people, allegedly connected to Hamas, looking to smuggle weapons across the continent.
