ISIS supporters allegedly suggest UK as next terror target in online poll
In an online forum believed to be run by ISIS, a supporter launched an online poll following last week’s Brussels attacks, asking where the group should strike next, Britain’s Independent newspaper reported.
After the Eiffel Tower in Paris was lit up in the colors of the Belgian flag in solidarity with Belgians, the forum asked supporters apparently celebrating the Brussels attacks: “What will the color of the Eiffel Tower be next.”
The UK was reportedly the top choice for half of the online supporters.
UK Home Secretary Theresa May announced last week that seven planned ISIS attacks in the UK have been prevented so far by British intelligence authorities. She added that the government had taken “precautionary steps” to protect the country.
European authorities said that the Brussels attacks killing some 35 people were linked to the November attacks in Paris in which gunmen and suicide bombers hit a stadium, a concert hall, restaurants and bars, killing at least 130 people and wounding hundreds.