UK terrorism threat level increased

The UK government’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) has upgraded the UK threat level from international terrorism to SUBSTANTIAL from SEVERE.

The current threat level means that the threat of a terrorist attack is considered to be highly likely, but the threat level is not at the highest level of CRITICAL, which would mean that a terrorist attack is expected imminently.

The British Home Secretary said in a statement: "The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has today raised the threat to the UK from international terrorism from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. This means that a terrorist attack is highly likely, but I should stress that there is no intelligence to suggest than an attack is imminent."

More details on the UK threat assessment system can be found here.

•Date: 23rd Jan 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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