Britain warned of imminent terror attack

United Kingdom of Great Britain

Met Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan

Howe

Prime Minister David Cameron

Terror attack

Sydney café siege

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Thursday 18 Dec 2014 - 14:20 Makkah mean time-26-2-1436 London (IINA) - Britain has been just days from a major terror attack, with five plots foiled since the summer, Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe revealed Wednesday, Daily Mail Online reported. The Commissioner said officers are struggling to cope with the mountain of digital files seized in police raids, with recent cases seeing terror suspects hours from being released before crucial evidence was found. Terrorists have been ‘very close to hurting somebody badly, or killing them’ in the last four months and there is no doubt that there are extremists in the UK as dangerous as the gunman behind the Sydney café siege. Sir Bernard told LBC Radio: ‘In terms of plots over these last four months really it’s probably five. We have arrested 35 people. Asked if there were people in Britain as dangerous as the slain Iranian gunman Monis, Sir Bernard said: "There will be, there’s no doubt." British Prime Minister David Cameron also warned last night that the United Kingdom could be hit 'at any moment' by a Sydney-style terror attack. He said it was only through the efforts of the security services that plots to murder UK police officers ‘in cold blood’ had been foiled in recent months, However, Sir Bernard insisted that the police need extra resources to deal with the growing terror threat in Britain. Cameron warned as well that it was much harder for the authorities to prevent attacks by fanatics who are ‘self-radicalized on the internet’ than to tackle known extremists who had travelled to the Middle East. David considered that the Australian attack, in which two hostages died and extremist Man Haron Monis was killed, was a reminder of the danger Britain faces. The Prime Minister's remarks come amid widespread horror at the twin terror attacks in Sydney and Pakistan, which have left more than hundred people dead. In Sydney, the asylum seeker Monis struck terror into the heart of the city's financial district after taking 17 staff and customers hostages inside the Lindt cafe in Martin Place for 16 hours. SM/IINA