Transcript for 12 Islamist plots thwarted in the UK in past year, says spy chief

As we heard this morning Europe faces an intense. Unrelenting and multi dimensional terrorist threat. Dawn continues to pose the most acute threat. But I kinda and other business terrorist groups haven't gone away. With the police were also actively monitoring the trajectory of extreme right wing terrorism. As we see instances of it rearing its ugly head always falls is equally for. The city crash shock and disgust of terrorism. Has been felt right across Europe. Just two days ago parents sort of a brutal attack. Pence is 2016. That now before chief on leave separate attacks across European countries the UK. Germany. France. Belgium. Spain. Sweden and Finland have all seen attacks. This unprecedented tempo of attack plan. Shows no signs of the painting. In the UK this is the Westminster attack in March last year. With the police sweeps for locate a further twelve Islamist terror laws. Twelve occasions. Where we have good reason to believe that terrorist attack would otherwise have taken place in our country. That brings the total number disrupted attacks in the UK since 2013. To twenty songs. There's shifting threat is of course driven bought dollars shoes militarist ideology. While stocks is not lost its false comfort in his strongholds in Syria and Iraq. Talk to the group is a movement. Will require sustained international focus for years to come.

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