Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre’s assessment means terror attack ‘highly likely’
The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to “severe” by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre after the Golders Green stabbings, meaning a terror attack is thought to be “highly likely”.
The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, described Wednesday’s attack as a vile act of terrorism. “Today, the national threat level has increased to ‘severe’, which means a terrorist attack is considered highly likely,” she said.
“I know this will be a source of concern to many, particularly amongst our Jewish community, who have suffered so much.”
The assessment to raise the threat level to severe was made by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), which judges that an attack is highly likely in the next six months. The previous level, of “substantial”, meant an attack was assessed as likely.
