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Terrorist incidents map of the United Kingdom 1970–2015, with a total of 4,972 incidents plotted. Northern Ireland and London are major hotspots for incidents. Terrorism in the United Kingdom, according to the Home Office, poses a significant threat to the state. [1] There have been various causes of terrorism in the UK.
During the 21st century, however, most terrorist incidents in Britain have been linked to Islamic fundamentalism. [1] Since 1970, there have been at least 3,395 terrorist-related deaths in the UK, the highest in western Europe. [2] The vast majority of the deaths were linked to the Northern Ireland conflict and happened in Northern Ireland. [2]
The European Union has two lists of designated terrorist organisations that provide for different sanctions for the two groups. [394] The first list is copied from the United Nations, and the second is an autonomous list. [395] As of 13 January 2020, there are 21 organizations in the autonomous list. [160]
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Terrorgram will become the sixth extreme right wing terrorist group to be banned in the UK, on the list of 81 banned organisations.
The head of the Met’s SO15 Counter-terrorism Command said: “For a considerable amount of time, we’ve been worried about threats projected into the UK from Iran.
Sir John Sawers said the situation in the Middle East will not change ‘a great deal’.
In July 2019 changes were made to the terrorism threat level system creating a 'New Format' of threat levels, to reflect the threat posed by all forms of terrorism, irrespective of ideology. There is now a single national threat level describing the threat to the UK, which includes Islamist, Northern Ireland, left-wing and right-wing terrorism. [1]