Reports today suggest a terror threat has been made against Heathrow Airport.
According to The Guardian, the threat was made from a “pro-Islamic State Twitter account” against planes “flying from Heathrow to the US” across the weekend of the 4th July.
It’s also believed that the threats, which were uncovered by the counter-terrorism organisation Site Intelligence Group, said that there would “be a device placed in either Heathrow, LAX (Los Angeles) or JFK (New York) airports”.
Tariq Ahmad, the Home Office Minister for Countering Extremism and Transport Minister for Skills, & Aviation Security said:
“We all need to be vigilant to the global threat of terrorism – in the UK we keep all aspects of aviation security under constant review and work closely with our international partners to mitigate risks”
“We will continue to take all steps necessary to keep the public safe, but for security reasons we do not comment in detail on specific measures or operational matters.”
Heathrow Airport has not yet made a comment on the reports.
