ISIS killers will launch attack on British streets after they are forced out of Iraq as battle for Mosul wages on
The warning comes from a top government minister
BRITAIN faces a bigger risk of attack from ISIS the more it is squeezed in Iraq and Syria, a minister has warned.
International Development minister Rory Stewart said gunmen and bombers fleeing the under attack city of Mosul may choose to wreak mayhem on our streets next.
The intervention came as terror cops hunted extremists believed to be plotting another atrocity on London’s tube network.
Mr Stewart said ISIS was “very unpredictable” so the government needed “a big focus on security” at the same time as waging war on them in the region.
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The former Iraq-based diplomat told BBC1show Sunday Politics: “There is a serious risk that as it gets squeezed in the Middle East it is going to try to pop up somewhere else.
“And that could include attacks in Europe and the United States, and they’ve made it clear that that’s something that they are focused on.”
The warped movement has lost 40% of the territory it once held since an international coalition lead by the US started to pound its positions two years ago.
Once the besieged northern Iraq city of Mosul falls, an assault is then planned on ISIS’s HQ city in Syria, Raqqa.
Mr Stewart’s warning came as his boss Development Secretary Priti Patel announced £14m of urgent aid for refugees fleeing Mosul’s fighting.
The package will include shelter, vital equipment including cooking items, and medical teams to help 66,000 people.