ISIS extremists will attack the UK if they can’t reach Middle East, DPP chief warns

Thursday, July 6, 2017
By Paul Martin

EXTREMISTS who are unable to reach the Middle East to fight for so-called Islamic State may carry out attacks in the UK instead, the Director of Public Prosecutions warned.

By MARK REYNOLDS
Express.co.uk
Thu, Jul 6, 2017

As it emerged there have been more than 100 convictions in the UK for Iraq and Syria-related terrorism, Alison Saunders issued a stark warning that further atrocities could still be carried out here.

She said authorities needed to be “very aware” of the risk posed by people who were unable to reach Syria but instead focused on actions in Britain, either plotting attacks or radicalising others.

Analysis by the BBC showed that 85per cent of the 109 people convicted of terrorism offences related to Iraq or Syria had never set foot in either of the countries.

And in an interview with the corporation, Ms Saunders warned: “We need to be acutely aware that if people can’t go to Syria – and we have certainly seen this in some of the cases we have prosecuted – they may plan an attack here instead or they may to more to radicalise other people to attack so we need to be very aware of that.”

The DPP added that the Crown Prosecution Service had the resources it needed to deal with the increased number of cases.

Following the London Bridge attack in which eight members of the public were killed, the prime minister called for a review of Britain’s counter-terrorism strategy to make sure the police and the security services have the powers they need.

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