Moscow & Tehran are behind spike in terror plots, #MI5 spy chief says
The #UK is facing an uptick of #assassination attempts on its soil by #Russia and #Iran, the head of the domestic intelligence agency Ken McCallum said in a rare public speech given on Tuesday.
McCallum called the increase in assassination attempts "staggering," saying that the number of state-threat investigations undertaken by the MI5 had risen by 48% in the past year.
He added that Russia and Iran often recruited #criminals, from international drug traffickers to "low-level crooks," to carry out attacks on their behalf.
