The blockade of COVID-19 could have led more people on the Internet to self-radical. The British minister warned of a terrorist bomb attack in Liverpool on Sunday in memory.
At 10:59 am on Sunday, a taxi exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital, killing a passenger and driving a driver about a mile away from the city’s cathedral, where a major memorial service was taking place. Was injured.
Police declared it a terrorist attack and later named the suspect Emad Al Swalmeen, 32, who was killed in a blast.
In a conversation with Sky News on Tuesday, Security Minister Damian Hinds said there was an increasing number of “voluntary” terrorist plans being carried to self-intensified individuals.
“Sure, over time, the transition from so-called directional attacks, part of a large organization where people follow instructions, can be very complex within an organization, and then see a transition to more self. Certainly it was-supervised, some self-radified individuals or small groups, “he said.
Hands said the blockade of COVID-19 could have exacerbated this shift. “We spend more time in front of computer screens during the blockade. We know that if that happens to a very small number of people, it can lead to radicalization with very bad consequences. . “
The minister said self-radicalization is not a new phenomenon, but the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic has “changed.” [the] The “technique” as a blockade has “worse and increased” the amount of time people spend online.
According to Hands, security services strive to monitor people who may be at risk of extremism, but “in reality, they are not always accurate. No”.
Four men arrested under terrorism law after the blast were released from police detention after an interview.
The United Kingdom’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Center has raised the threat level of terrorism from substantive to serious after the incident. This means that the attack is “very likely” rather than “likely”.
Interior Minister Priti Patel told broadcasters Monday that the threat level had risen due to two terrorist attacks a month.
On October 15, Conservative Sir David Amess was stabbed to death by a member’s surgery by 25-year-old Alihar Biari, a British citizen of Somali heritage.
Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Twist, one of the senior state coordinators of the counterterrorism police, said the change was “precautionary and not based on any particular threat,” and the public “should be wary of this change.” No, “he added.
PA contributed to this report.
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