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NATO concerned at danger of ISIS nuclear attack on Britain or Europe

EU and Nato say there is ‘a justified concern’ of ISIS carrying out a chemical or nuclear attack in Britain or Europe

• ISIS ‘plans nuclear and chemical attacks on Britain and EU’, say NATO
• Terrorists are trying to obtain nuclear weapons, security chiefs warns
• ISIS is also ‘trying to implant bombs in humans and hack driver less cars’
• See more news on the ISIS threat at www.dailymail.co.uk/isis 

By SARA MALM and ALLAN HALL FOR MAILONLINE, 20 April 2016    ISIS terrorists are planning nuclear and chemical attacks on Britain and Europe, international security chiefs have warned.

Both Nato and the EU say there are ‘justified concerns’ that ISIS jihadists are working on obtaining chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear materials to carry out attacks on the EU.

Speaking at the Security and Counter Terror Expo in London this week, senior counter terrorism officials warned of ISIS’s plans to carry out chemical attacks. ‘With CBRN [chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear materials], there is a justified concern.’ Jorge Berto Silva, deputy head of counter terrorism for the European Commission said according to The Telegraph.

Dr Jamie Shea, deputy assistant secretary general for emerging security threats at Nato, told the annual Security and Counter Terror Expo: ‘We know terrorists are trying to acquire these substances.’………http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3547840/EU-Nato-say-justified-concern-ISIS-carrying-chemical-nuclear-attack-Britain-Europe.html

April 20, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, safety, UK