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29.10.2024
Former UK intelligence head: Yahya Sinwar's death may trigger Islamic terror in the UK
Former head of the British intelligence service John Sawers has warned that the assassination of the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas Yahya Sinwar by the Israeli army could lead to increased terrorist activity in the UK, the KazInform agency's own correspondent reports.
Sawers, who headed the British intelligence service from 2009 to 2014, said in an interview with Sky News that "terrorism could get a further boost because of the events in the Middle East." He also noted that Hamas could now focus on international terrorism.
Sawer emphasized that “the frustrations that we’ll be seeing because of the lack of movement on the Palestinian question, because of the violence people are witnessing every day” may lead to “Islamic terrorism… get a further boost". He then cautioned that new leadership within Hamas and Hezbollah might intensify their focus on violence and possibly “revert back to international terrorism, including here in the UK.”
Source: inform.kz