Five days after UK Member of Parliament David Amess was stabbed to death, lawmakers in the UK are now believed to face a 'substantial' threat, the Home Secretary said Wednesday evening in the House of Commons
London Five days after UK Member of Parliament David Amess was stabbed to death, lawmakers in the UK are now believed to face a"substantial" threat, the Home Secretary said Wednesday evening in the House of Commons.
"The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has conducted an independent review on the risk facing Members of Parliament," Home Secretary Priti Patel said. "While we do not see any information or intelligence which points to any credible, specific, or imminent threat, I must update the House that the threat level facing members of this House is now deemed to be substantial," she added. Read MoreThe UK defines a"substantial" threat as meaning that"an attack is likely.
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