Terrorist Or Not, Attack Fuels Public Fear

If the Russell Square attack was carried out by a terrorist, it is exactly what the UK has been bracing itself for - an act Britain's most senior policeman said only this week was inevitable, a question of "when, not if". Police and intelligence services say they have prevented dozens of UK Islamist extremist terror plots since the 2005 London Tube bombings. The Government's terror threat level has been at the second highest point - severe, meaning an attack is highly likely - since 2014.