Britain cuts terror risk from severe
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Britain has downgraded its terrorism threat level from 鈥渟evere鈥 to 鈥渟ubstantial,鈥 Interior Minister Priti Patel said yesterday.
Patel told parliament the decision was made 鈥渄ue to the significant reduction in the momentum of attacks in Europe鈥 between September and November.
The decision was made by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre on Thursday last week, she added.
The threat level from Northern Ireland-related terror in the British province remained at 鈥渟evere,鈥 according to the domestic intelligence service, MI5.
JTAC鈥檚 membership includes MI5 and its overseas counterpart MI6, and police, and assesses all intelligence relating to terrorism at home and abroad.
鈥淪evere鈥 is the second-highest of five levels and indicates an attack is 鈥渉ighly likely.鈥 鈥淪ubstantial鈥 indicates an attack is 鈥渓ikely.鈥
Britain raised the threat level from 鈥渟ubstantial鈥 to 鈥渟evere鈥 at the start of November after a deadly shooting rampage in Vienna and several attacks across France.
The attack in Vienna left four people dead. Police in the Austrian capital said the attack was carried out by a known Islamist extremist who had spent time in prison.
In October, three people were killed in a knife rampage in the southern French city of Nice in an attack the government described as an act of 鈥淚slamist terror.鈥
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