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Counter-Terrorism Investigations Numbers Rise in UK: Senior Police Officer

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The number of counter-terrorism investigations in the United Kingdom has risen considerably in 2014, the country's national policing spokesperson for counter-terrorism Mark Rowley stated Friday, The Telegraph said.

MOSCOW, October 17 (RIA Novosti) - The number of counter-terrorism investigations in the United Kingdom has risen considerably in 2014, the country's national policing spokesperson for counter-terrorism Mark Rowley stated Friday, The Telegraph said.

"So far this year we have made 218 arrests and are running exceptionally high numbers of counter-terrorism investigations, the likes of which we have not seen for several years," Rowley said.

The number of terrorist plots has also risen this year, he added. "Against an increasing operational tempo we are disrupting several attack plots a year. These plots are of varied sophistication, from individuals planning to carry out spontaneous yet deadly attacks to more complex conspiracies, almost all seemingly are either directed by or inspired by terrorism overseas."

As for the issues, related to the propaganda of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization, Rowley said that police have been taking down more than 1,000 pieces of extremist material from the Internet on a weekly basis, including beheadings, torture and suicides videos.

He added that more than 80 percent of these materials are related to Iraq and Syria, Islamic State's main sphere of operation.

The IS has been fighting against the government in Syria since 2012 and advanced into portions of northern Iraq in June 2014, announcing the establishment of an Islamic caliphate over its captured territories.

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