173 Daesh Members Pose Threat to Europe
According to al-Sumaria news website, Interpol said the Daesh terrorists could have been trained to mount suicide attacks in Europe in revenge for the Takfiri group’s military defeats in the Middle East.
European counter-terror networks are concerned that as the Daesh "caliphate” collapses, there is an increasing risk of determined suicide bombers seeking to come to Europe, probably operating alone.
There is no evidence that any of the people on the list have yet entered Europe, but the Interpol circulation, designed to see if EU intelligence sources have any details on the individuals, underlines the scale of the challenge facing Europe.
The list, sent out by the general secretariat of Interpol on May 27, defines the group of fighters as individuals that "may have been trained to build and position improvised explosive devices in order to cause serious deaths and injuries. It is believed that they can travel internationally, to participate in terrorist activities.”
Daesh has been facing successive defeats in Iraq and Syria in recent months.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of Mosul from Daesh earlier this month.
Daesh stronghold in Syria’s Raqqa is also close to falling.
