Seized laptop of suspected terrorist reveals plan to target fans in London during Euro 2016

Based on data found on a laptop used by Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam, there is evidence that ISIS wants to use target England fans as they gather in Marseille to follow the Three Lions at the Euro 2016. The sinister plan involves suicide bombs, assault rifles and even drones carrying chemical weapons to carry out the attacks.
The laptop had been was seized during raids that led to the arrest of Abdeslam in Molenbeek, Brussels, in March.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 30 May 2016.

The data retrieved from the laptop shows photographs and mention of the French city's Old Port which will be the venue where England fans will assemble for their opening game against Russia in an official fan zone. In the opinion of security chiefs, there could be a repeat of Paris attacks in November, when coordinated groups of ISIS killers gunned down people in the streets.
As a Belgium security source has indicated, ISIS was drawing up plans to attack fans of England and Russia before the game. The suspect is under lock and key but there are fears that others are at large and they are equally fanatical and could strike. Fans of England and Russia are obvious targets because both these countries are bombing ISIS in Syria and Iraq.


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A senior member of counter terrorism cell has revealed that a fifth of the 350 British jihadists who have returned to the UK are 'high threat' extremists and it is suspected that they could be plotting or wanting to carry out attacks on British soil or could be spreading radical propaganda.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 21 April 2016.

As per estimates, nearly 800 British extremists are believed to have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS. A warning has been sounded by the national counter terrorism co-ordinator that destroying ISIS may not happen soon and it would pose a serious threat to national security for a 'long, long time'. It is also understood that they are trying to recruit new members because they plan further attacks on European soil.
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London police have arrested a total of five persons in connection with terror related activities. Four of them were arrested in Birmingham - they were three men aged 26, 40 and 59 and a 29-year-old woman. The fifth, a 26-year-old man, was held at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of terror offenses.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 15 April 2016.

It is understood that these are the first arrests in the UK that has links with the atrocities in Paris and Brussels. Assistant Chief Constable who leads on counter-terrorism for the West Midlands, has indicated that the investigation involved MI5 and Belgian and French authorities and that the arrests were pre-planned. There was "no risk to the public at any time". Moreover, there is no information that would tend to suggest that an attack was being planned in the UK.
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This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 7 March 2016.

The officer has indicated that the terror group is 'trying to build bigger attacks' around the world and Britain is believed to be one major targets. Following the devastating series of suicide attacks on Paris last year where 130 died, a similar plot in Britain could be a 'natural next step' for the terror group.
He also added that while in the past few years the ISIS has called on would-be jihadis to attack police and the military, they have now broadened their plans to attack Western lifestyle. To achieve this objective, the ISIS is trying to rope in supporters who have received military training in Syria into northern Europe to stage attacks.
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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 14 January 2016.

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