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| Terror attacks: UK threat level lowered to 'substantial' | Terror attacks: UK threat level lowered to 'substantial' |
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| Priti Patel said a lower threat level must not make us complacent | Priti Patel said a lower threat level must not make us complacent |
| The UK's terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered "likely". | The UK's terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered "likely". |
| The level was raised to severe - where an attack is "highly likely" - after two terror attacks late last year. | The level was raised to severe - where an attack is "highly likely" - after two terror attacks late last year. |
| In October, Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed to death in Essex. A month later, a bomb was set off outside Liverpool Women's Hospital. | In October, Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed to death in Essex. A month later, a bomb was set off outside Liverpool Women's Hospital. |
| The home secretary said a lower threat level must not make people complacent. | The home secretary said a lower threat level must not make people complacent. |
| In a statement to Parliament, Priti Patel said: "The attacks in October and November 2021 reflect the complex, volatile and unpredictable nature of the terrorist threat in the UK." | In a statement to Parliament, Priti Patel said: "The attacks in October and November 2021 reflect the complex, volatile and unpredictable nature of the terrorist threat in the UK." |
| She said the decision was taken by security and intelligence experts from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), independently of ministers. | She said the decision was taken by security and intelligence experts from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), independently of ministers. |
| They judged that despite the two attacks, the current nature and scale of the threat was consistent with the level seen prior to them, Ms Patel said. | They judged that despite the two attacks, the current nature and scale of the threat was consistent with the level seen prior to them, Ms Patel said. |
| "JTAC keep the threat level under constant review based on the very latest intelligence and analysis of internal and external factors which drive the threat," she added. | "JTAC keep the threat level under constant review based on the very latest intelligence and analysis of internal and external factors which drive the threat," she added. |
| She described the reduction in threat level as positive but warned "it must never make us complacent". | She described the reduction in threat level as positive but warned "it must never make us complacent". |
| In the threat grading system, "substantial" is the third highest - below "critical" and "severe" but above "low" and "moderate". | |
| 'Utter miracle' | 'Utter miracle' |
| Next month, Ali Harbi Ali, 25, from Kentish Town, north London, will go on trial for the murder of Sir David. | Next month, Ali Harbi Ali, 25, from Kentish Town, north London, will go on trial for the murder of Sir David. |
| The 69-year-old MP for Southend West was holding a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea when he was stabbed multiple times. He died at the scene. | The 69-year-old MP for Southend West was holding a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea when he was stabbed multiple times. He died at the scene. |
| After the Liverpool hospital explosion on Remembrance Sunday last year, police identified the man killed when his homemade bomb went off in the back of a taxi as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen. | After the Liverpool hospital explosion on Remembrance Sunday last year, police identified the man killed when his homemade bomb went off in the back of a taxi as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen. |
| He was an asylum seeker born in Iraq, who is understood to have converted to Christianity in 2017. | He was an asylum seeker born in Iraq, who is understood to have converted to Christianity in 2017. |
| The taxi driver, David Perry, escaped from the vehicle before it burst into flames, avoiding serious injury. His wife Rachel called it "an utter miracle". | The taxi driver, David Perry, escaped from the vehicle before it burst into flames, avoiding serious injury. His wife Rachel called it "an utter miracle". |
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