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UK ports ‘on terror attack standby’, says newspaper

Terrorists are planning to hijack an oil tanker and use it in a suicide attack on a major UK port, the Daily Star Sunday newspaper reported on 22 June. A Home Office source is quoted as saying that it has received specific information of serious intent of a terrorist attack. The paper says that 40 Special Boat Service personnel have been deployed at ports across the UK, working with specialists from ... [+]