Theresa May Raises Threat Levels to Critical After London Bombing

LONDON-Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has raised the UK’s national threat level to “critical.” This means that the British government believes a terrorist attack is imminent, according to Sputnik.

Earlier Friday, at about 8 AM local time, a bomb was detonated in a London metro station, injuring 22. Daesh’s propaganda agency claimed that an affiliate group was responsible for the attack.

 Following the bombing, Westminster raised the national threat level to “severe.” Now, it has been raised again to “critical,” the highest threat level possible.

The Manchester bombing claimed 23 lives. This number included the bomber, an extremist, and 20 people under the age of 20 as the attack was levied at a pop concert featuring Ariana Grande, a musician popular with children and teenagers.

The London bombing is the third terrorist attack in the British capital thus far in 2017. In June, a trio of Daesh-associated extremists conducted a van-ramming attack on London bridge, killing eight before being shot dead by police. Later that same month, another van-ramming attack killed one person. The suspected perpetrator was believed to have been retaliating for the London Bridge attack by targeting British Muslims, although the case is still under investigation.

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