| Mrs Theresa May |
Terrorists planned to kill British prime minister, Theresa
May, using knives and a bomb
They were to carry out this plot in her official residence Downing
Street, it has been reported. Police believe the plot was to detonate a bomb at the Prime
Minister’s
home and then murder Mrs May in the ensuing chaos. They
said this was something pursued over several weeks at least by Scotland Yard, MI5 and West
Midlands Police. The plotters were inspired by so-called Islamic State but were not able to
obtain
explosives at the time they were discovered, Sky reported. Prime Minister
Theresa May’s spokesman could only say that Britain has thwarted nine plots in the last 12
months.
Mrs May herself told ministers that the threat from terror was at an ‘unprecedented’ level,
despite the
military setbacks experienced in its Middle
East strongholds by Islamic State – also known as Daesh.
‘Ministers heard that, while Daesh had suffered major defeats in Iraq and Syria, that doesn’t
mean that the threat is over. Rather it is
spreading to new areas, including trying to encourage attacks on the UK and elsewhere via
propaganda on social media.
‘The Home Secretary said the pace of attack planning had increased significantly this year.
‘Amber Rudd said that the Government has
been putting pressure on social media companies to remove terrorist material and progress
was being made.
‘She pointed to recent efforts
by Facebook, which last week said 83% of Islamic State and al Qaida content was being
identified and removed within one hour.
‘The Home Secretary stressed there was more for social media companies to do.’
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