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Special forces on alert for Jihadis disguised as stowaways sneaking on ‘terror tankers’,” by Chris Hughes and Tom Parry, October 26, 2020:
Special forces are on alert for counter-terror strikes at sea amid fears jihadis could sneak into the UK disguised as asylum seekers on ships.
It comes after the SBS stormed oil tanker Nave Andromeda off the south coast on Sunday to tackle seven violent stowaways.
The Mirror can reveal refugees are ghosting on to boats on inland waterways – adding to the risk of terrorists travelling to Britain through people-smuggling routes.
A security source said of the Nave Andromeda raid: “Special forces have been practising for an event like this for many years but lately their training has increased as it is thought to be only a matter of time before there is a more serious taking of a ship, possibly by terrorists.
“The Nave Andromeda mission was textbook and a huge success but the worry was there was a chance it could have been more sinister than an attempt by illegals.
“From the moment news broke that a ship may have hostile illegals on board it was always going to become an armed counter-terror mission, just in case.
“With limited information coming from the ship at the time the Home Office realised it had to end the stalemate and deploy the SBS to retake the ship.
“It ended well but if they had been armed or carrying explosives it would have been a very high-risk operation.”
The Nave Andromeda stow- aways [sic] had apparently boarded in Lagos, Nigeria, where a group with links to Islamic State has grown in recent years….
Special forces are on alert for counter-terror strikes at sea amid fears jihadis could sneak into the UK disguised as asylum seekers on ships.
It comes after the SBS stormed oil tanker Nave Andromeda off the south coast on Sunday to tackle seven violent stowaways.
The Mirror can reveal refugees are ghosting on to boats on inland waterways – adding to the risk of terrorists travelling to Britain through people-smuggling routes.
A security source said of the Nave Andromeda raid: “Special forces have been practising for an event like this for many years but lately their training has increased as it is thought to be only a matter of time before there is a more serious taking of a ship, possibly by terrorists.
“The Nave Andromeda mission was textbook and a huge success but the worry was there was a chance it could have been more sinister than an attempt by illegals.
“From the moment news broke that a ship may have hostile illegals on board it was always going to become an armed counter-terror mission, just in case.
“With limited information coming from the ship at the time the Home Office realised it had to end the stalemate and deploy the SBS to retake the ship.
“It ended well but if they had been armed or carrying explosives it would have been a very high-risk operation.”
The Nave Andromeda stow- aways [sic] had apparently boarded in Lagos, Nigeria, where a group with links to Islamic State has grown in recent years….
