“We had great fear that we would see copycat versions of that attack – and now, I fear that our fears have been realised, and we’re seeing that carried out tonight in Paris”, Hayden said.
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The attacks have highlighted the huge doubts over Europe’s security forces to be able to prevent attacks of this nature, and the sheer size of the task of attempting to thwart the inevitable plans to kill innocent Europeans in every major city across the continent.
Mr Cameron confirmed that the current threat level will remain at severe, which indicates that an attack is seen as highly likely.
“With the possible exception of chemical or biological attacks, it is hard to conceive of anything more frightening”, it said.
For residents of the bustling Indian city of Mumbai, the horrific attacks in Paris on Friday night carry sombre echoes of a bloody series of killings in their own city seven years ago.
However, he cautioned against seeing too many similarities between the Paris and Mumbai strikes.
Among the five regions handled by Mumbai police, the south region is considered to be the most vulnerable as several terrorist attacks have occurred here and further several vital installations including headquarters, Mantralaya, tourist spots with heavy presence of foreigners and important dignitaries like the chief minister, governor, commissioner of police live in this part of the city.
Former police commissioner D. Sivanandan, who headed the Maharashtra CID during the 26/11 attack said the motive behind both the attacks were similar to terror strikes anywhere. “And we must recognize that however strong we are, however much we prepare, we in the United Kingdom face the same threat”, said British PM David Cameron in the aftermath of Paris serial attacks. “Had our ground intelligence networking been efficient, the security agencies would have had prior information about the four Kalyan boys who had joined ISIS”, he said.
As French planes continue to bombard Syria and Iraq in collaboration with the USA, it has merely served to make them IS target number one.
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Over 120 people were killed as terrorists attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where a soccer match was under way. More than 80 of them will never come home from that concert hall, cited in a statement by IS as “Pagans” within the “capital of abomination and perversion”. “However, we have asked all concerned security agencies to be on alert, including the state intelligence department, in order to ensure that no untoward incidents happen”.
