London, United Kingdom: British police foiled four extreme right-wing terror plots in 2017, according to the country's chief counter-terrorism officer, warning of a "significant" threat.
"The right-wing terrorist threat is more significant and more challenging than perhaps the public debate gives it credit for," Mark Rowley said in a speech late on Monday.
"Right-wing terrorism wasn't previously organised here," said Rowley, who is stepping down this year.
Britain was hit by five terror attacks last year, four Islamist-inspired and one extreme right-wing.
Investigations against the extreme far-right in Britain have focused in recent months on National Action, a group defined by Rowley as a "homegrown, white supremacist, neo-Nazi terror organisation".
Rowley also said that the children of convicted terrorists should be taken away from them.
"However, we still see cases where parents convicted of terrorist-related offences, including radicalisers, retain care of their own children."
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
"The right-wing terrorist threat is more significant and more challenging than perhaps the public debate gives it credit for," Mark Rowley said in a speech late on Monday.
"Right-wing terrorism wasn't previously organised here," said Rowley, who is stepping down this year.
Britain was hit by five terror attacks last year, four Islamist-inspired and one extreme right-wing.
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Investigations against the extreme far-right in Britain have focused in recent months on National Action, a group defined by Rowley as a "homegrown, white supremacist, neo-Nazi terror organisation".
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Rowley also said that the children of convicted terrorists should be taken away from them.
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"However, we still see cases where parents convicted of terrorist-related offences, including radicalisers, retain care of their own children."
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(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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