Britain's MI5 Raises Threat Level From Northern Irish Militants
Source: Reuters
Britain has raised the threat level from dissident Northern Ireland militants to "substantial," meaning an attack on the British mainland is considered a strong possibility, Home Secretary (Interior Minister) Theresa May said on Wednesday.
She said the decision by the domestic intelligence agency MI5 to increase its risk assessment from "moderate" reflected an ongoing threat posed by dissident Republican groups in the British province opposed to the 1998 Good Friday accord that largely ended three decades of violence.
"As a result of this change, we are working closely with the police and other relevant authorities to ensure appropriate security measures are in place," May said in a statement.
The 1998 deal drew a line under decades of shootings and bombings in England carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), which was responsible for more than half of the 3,600 deaths during the violence designed to pressure the British government into relinquishing Northern Ireland.
Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/britain-nireland-threat-idINKCN0Y21HY
= new reply since forum marked as read
