Britain’s terrorism hotspot revealed as number of attacks doubles now if compare with before
The number of Islamism-inspired terrorism offences in the UK has nearly doubled in the five years to the end of 2015, according to a new report.
The period from 1998 to 2015, studied in a report on Islamist terrorism on British soil, has also seen a surge in the number of women taking part in these crimes with offenders are getting younger and the bulk of the Islamism-inspired threat coming from home-grown terrorism.
It was found that 72% of Islamism-related offences (IROs) were carried out by UK nationals or people who held dual British nationality.
Report author Hannah Stuart, a fellow at The Henry Jackson Society who commissioned the study, believes it poses particular challenges for the authorities.
She said: Our security services will be particularly concerned that th...
