Britain faces an increasing threat from right-wing extremists operating as “lone wolves”, the country’s senior anti-terrorism officer said yesterday.
More resources are being directed towards neo-Nazis because of fears that they will mount attacks, John Yates, assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, told MPs.
Mr Yates warned of right-wing extremists operating alone, without an organisational network. He told the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee: “What we have seen in recent years is a growth around some far-right extremism movements.”
Mr Yates, responding to a question from David Winnick, a Labour MP who asked him about racist and fascist groups who turned to violence, said the police were seeing the emergence of “the lone wolf”.
“That is something we take extremely seriously and we make sure