Europe should brace itself for more attacks – top EU anti-terrorism official to RT
RT.com
6 Apr, 2017
Europe should brace itself for more small-scale attacks following the fatal blast in St. Petersburg’s Metro, the EU’s anti-terrorism chief told RT, adding that Europeans will have to live with this harsh reality “for quite some time.”
“The more the physical caliphate of Daesh [Arabic pejorative term for Islamic State or IS, formerly ISIS] will be destroyed, the more the organization would want to incite people to mount small-scale attacks,” EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove said.
According to Kerchove, Europeans should accept the possibility of these small-scale attacks as the virtual caliphate of Daesh is still “pretty active” due to internet propaganda.
“You would have these enchanted [sic] people who will be either directed or inspired by the organization [IS] to mount small-scale attacks.”
He added that these attacks may take place in Europe for “quite some time,” but they can’t be accepted “for a long period of time.”
“It [the situation] requires population be resilient. We need to keep working in different directions – prevent the process of radicalization,” he said.
IS is not the only threat, Kerchove said, adding that Europe shouldn’t “forget about Al-Qaeda, as well.”
However, Kerchove dismissed the idea of large-scale attacks coming in the future.
“I don’t believe we’ll have major attack of 9/11,” he said.
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