Europol has warned that ISIS is setting up terrorist training camps across the Europe and planning more attacks . Alongside its bases in Syria , ISIS has “ smaller scale training camps in the EU and Balkan countries ” . The assessment is that the group has developed a specialist “ external actions command ” to plot and conduct attacks . Europol has also warned that ISIS may be looking to recruit refugees who have fled to Europe , training them to launch attacks in the countries that have taken them in . Europol ’s warning comes after ISIS released a new propaganda video on 24 January in which it claimed that the UK would be its next target following its government ’s decision to join airstrikes in Syria . Europol has not disclosed where the camps are being set up and the British police have reportedly said that they are not aware of any ISIS camps in the UK .
Europol has warned that ISIS is setting up terrorist training camps across the Europe and planning more strikes. Alongside its bases in Syria, ISIS has “smaller scale training camps in the EU and Balkan countries”. The assessment suggested that the group has developed a specialist “external actions command” to plot and conduct attacks. Europol has also warned that ISIS may be looking to recruit refugees who have fled to Europe, training them to launch attacks in the countries that have taken them in. Europol’s warning comes after ISIS released a new propaganda video on 24 January in which it warned that the UK would be its next target following its government’s decision to join airstrikes in Syria. Europol has not disclosed where the camps are being set up and the British police have reportedly said that they are not aware of any ISIS camps in the UK.