Terror threat

Met police head expects terror attack in UK

Britain's Metropolitan police commissioner warns the risk of a terror attack in the United Kingdom is a case of "when, not if."

In light of the recent wave of worldwide terror attacks, Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said he believes the threat from terrorism is very real and expresses "a greater sense of fear that Britain will be the next victim" on the official police blog Sunday.

Despite the threat level in the United Kingdom being at "severe" since 2014, Hogan-Howe said the British "way of life and culture" have been instrumental in preventing terrorist attacks similar to those seen across Europe, most recently in Nice and Normandy, France; Brussels, Belgium; and Wurzburg and Ansbach, Germany.