Extremists’ threat /UK

The extremist group behind most of the UK's terror plots: Al-Muhajiroun network linked to half of attacks by Britons over past 20 years

Half of the terror attacks carried out or plotted in Britain involve members of just one extremist network, a new report reveals.

Al-Muhajiroun, a banned organisation once fronted by hate preacher Anjem Choudary, has been linked to a series of atrocities and plots dating back to 1997.

A new book by terrorism expert Raffaello Pantucci has now found that since its formation in the 1980s, the group has been central to Islamic extremism in the UK.