Britain
is facing a level of terrorism threat not seen since the bombings by
the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the 1970s, the country's new
terrorism watchdog has warned.
Max
Hill, named earlier this week as Britain's new independent reviewer
of terrorism legislation, warned that so-called Islamic State (IS)
terrorists are planning indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians
on a scale similar to those perpetrated by the IRA 40 years ago.
Hill,
the lawyer tasked with overseeing British laws on terrorism, told the
Sunday Telegraph that Islamists were targeting British cities, adding
there was an "enormous ongoing risk which none of us can
ignore".
He
expressed enormous concern at the imminent return of hundreds of
British jihadists who have been fighting for the IS in Syria.
He
also warned that British teenagers as young as 14 are being
radicalized online by extremist videos and hate speech.
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