Police fear terror threats flying below radar as reports to extremism scheme fall by a fifth

Police fear terror threats flying below radar as reports to extremism scheme fall

Police believe radicalisation rose during the ‘perfect storm’ of lockdowns, but the number of people…

The Independent

By Lizzie Dearden

Police believe radicalization rose during the ‘perfect storm’ of lockdowns, but the number of people flagged has plummeted

Counterterror police fear potential threats may be flying below the radar because of the coronavirus pandemic, after the number of people flagged for radicalization plummeted by a fifth in a year.

Senior officers had warned of a “perfect storm” for extremism, as lockdown left young and vulnerable people spending more time online amid a “rise in propaganda by all sides”.

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