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Scotland Yard counter-terror chief warns of IS attacks British police’s counter-terror chief warns of IS attack
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LONDON — Scotland Yard’s counter terror chief has warned that the Islamic State group harbors ambitions of “enormous and spectacular attacks,” as jihadis broaden their plots to target Western lifestyles. LONDON — British police’s counter-terror chief warned Monday that the Islamic State group wants to launch “enormous and spectacular attacks,” as jihadis broaden their focus to target Western lifestyles.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters Monday that while IS once primarily attacked military and police targets, their aims are now more assertive. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters that while IS once struck primarily at symbols of the state, such as military and police targets, the group is now planning for broader violence, like November’s attacks in Paris.
Rowley says “you see a terrorist group which has big ambitions for enormous and spectacular attacks, not just the types that we’ve seen foiled to date.” “You see a terrorist group which has big ambitions for enormous and spectacular attacks, not just the types that we’ve seen foiled to date,” Rowley said at a briefing in London.
He described a group that is shifting. While it had once largely been using propaganda to radicalize people to act in their name, it is now “trying to build bigger attacks.” Rowley stressed that police have no information about such an attack targeted at the U.K. but said authorities should plan for all eventualities.
He says the group is trying to bring jihadis trained in Syria into northern Europe to launch attacks. Rowley said IS is no longer content to simply radicalize people through propaganda, but is “trying to build bigger attacks.” He added that the group is also trying to bring jihadis trained in Syria into northern Europe to launch strikes.
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