London - Britain fears a major attack on hubs. However, the British police on Friday denied reports that the terror alert level had been increased to British airports and other major transport routes. BBC had reported on the night of Friday, the possible risk has been raised from "substantial" to "high".give information about an imminent terrorist attack it. If it were a precautionary measure only for the transport sector. The Daily Telegraph also reports of growing fear of an attack. Officials of the British Transport Police had been called back from vacation and out of their days. Furthermore, additional people had been requested after the British intelligence services had warned of a possible terror plot.
The newspaper quoted a source from the security authorities that "activities of a handful of extremist cells" had been carried to adjust the terror alert level. Apparently it is feared that London might be important in parts of the network is being targeted by terrorists. The Telegraph said that it was unclear exactly what the terrorists were planning - suicide bombings, shootings in Mumbai, or possibly a combination of both.
Scotland Yard and the Home Office stressed that the overall terror threat level unchanged for the whole country remains the second highest level. "The alert level for Great Britain is at" high ", meaning that an attack is highly likely, and that's it since January 2010," said a police spokesman.
The Telegraph draws between the current activities in London and the recent events in Scandinavia a connection. The suicide bombers who blew themselves up in early December in Stockholm in the air, had lived in the UK Luton. And recently in Denmark because of possible terrorist plots arrested group had links to a network in Derby.
Britain was already several times in the focus of terrorists. 2006, 24 suspects were arrested for planned attacks on airliners in the United States. In 2005, four bombs exploded in London. learning / /
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