source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/27/nterror127.xml
Britain has become the main focus of Islamist terror in Europe,
according to official figures.
More Muslim extremists were detained in Britain last year on terror-
related charges than in the rest of Europe added together.
The number of arrests rose steeply and involved "young, radicalised
British citizens", sparking fears that the threat of an attack is
growing.
The report by Europol, the European police force, said that terrorist
plots linked to groups in Pakistan had been "almost exclusively
focused on the UK".
It comes following the disclosure last week that 15 plots to attack
British targets have been foiled in the three years since the London
bombings.
British authorities said that 203 people had been arrested on
suspicion of terror offences in 2007, representing a 30 per cent
increase on the previous year. The majority were said to be motivated
by Muslim extremism.
In contrast, only 201 people were detained in the rest of Europe.
French police made 91 arrests. The number of suspects under
investigation in Britain has risen from 500 in 2004 to 2,000 last
year.
"People shouldn't be sceptical about the threat that is posed," the
report adds.
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