REVEALED: ISIS(ICIA) terrorists plotting devastation in London during England Euro 2016 match
EXCLUSIVE: BRITISH Special Forces have been taking part in a multi-national counter-terrorist operation, as it emerged Islamic State is plotting attacks on London and other cities during Euro 2016.
By MARCO GIANNANGELI AND JAMES FIELDING
Express.co.uk
Sun, Jun 5, 2016
Intelligence chiefs fear militants are planning “a summer of carnage” after retrieving data from the laptops and mobile phones of terror suspects Mohamed Abrini and Salah Abdeslam.
Abrini is believed to be the “man in the hat” linked to the Brussels bombings in March which killed 32 people.
He and Abdeslam are accused of being involved in last year’s Paris atrocity, in which 130 people died.
Operation Storm Tide 3 took place at Ostend in Belgium, ahead of the UEFA football tournament that kicks off on Friday in Paris.
Soldiers from 40 Commando and troops and special forces from Belgium and Holland stormed a shopping centre and “eliminated” a group of soldiers playing the part of extremists threatening to blow up the building.
Planned by Nato and approved by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, the operation involving more than 800 troops is one of several set to take place across Europe this summer.
A military source said: “This exercise was focused on preparing and rehearsing our response to an attack in respect of the pending Euro championships.
“The Euro 2016 games have been flagged up as potential targets for Islamic State.”
An MoD spokesman said the operation was “tailored to take into account recent events in Paris and Brussels”.
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