Jihadis' VJ Day plot to bomb the Queen: Police and MI5 in race against time to foil 'spectacular' Boston Marathon copycat IED attack next Saturday
- Jihadis plan to blow up the Queen at an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Second World War
- Police and MI5 are involved in a race against time to thwart the assassination plot orchestrated from Syria
- Extremists aim to strike on Saturday by exploding a deadly pressure cooker bomb during events in London
- Other members of the Royal Family, David Cameron, veterans and serving soldiers are due to attend event
British jihadis plan to blow up the Queen next weekend at an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
The
Mail on Sunday can reveal that police and MI5 are involved in a frantic
race against time to thwart the assassination plot being orchestrated
from Syria by Islamic State commanders.
The
extremists aim to strike on Saturday by exploding a deadly pressure
cooker bomb during events in Central London to mark the 70th anniversary
of VJ Day – Victory in Japan.
Such
an attack, if successful, would cause high casualties and represent the
realisation of long-held fears of a terror ‘spectacular’ by home-based
Muslim extremists.
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Sources
have told this newspaper that a specific threat was made against the
Queen, triggering an urgent review of security arrangements for next
weekend’s events.
Other
members of the Royal Family, including Prince Charles, who is
identified in intelligence reports as another possible target, are also
due to attend.
They
will join Prime Minister David Cameron, assorted dignitaries, more than
1,000 veterans of the Far East campaign and their families, and serving
members of the Armed Forces.
And
with thousands of members of the public expected to line the streets
around Whitehall and Westminster Abbey, police fear enormous potential
for carnage.
The
plot is understood to involve a device similar to that used in the 2013
Boston Marathon bombing which killed three people and injured more than
260.
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