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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

Why has the UK terror threat level been raised to ‘severe’ and what does it mean?

The terror threat level for the UK has been raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ for the first time in over four years following the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London’s Golders Green on Wednesday.

The public should be “alert and vigilant” but not “alarmed”, security minister Dan Jarvis has said, adding that the decision to raise the level was “not solely as a result of that attack”.

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