UK Police Disrupt 13 Terror Networks During Past Year
July 24, 2008 by national
Filed under World Report
Scotland Yard has disrupted 13 terrorist networks in London in the last financial year.
During the 12 month period, there was an average of a suspected terrorist incident in London every other day.
There were 181 incidents, slightly up on the previous year’s figure of 177 and police took 4,346 calls on the anti-terrorism hotline.
The figures were revealed in a document prepared for the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Its author Supt Neil Haynes, from Scotland Yard’s Specialist Operations unit, said disrupting a network could involve several features.
“Some cases may result in the foiling of a planned major bombing campaign, others may reduce the funding or resources available to mount such an attack,” he said.
