ISIS terrorists are in the UK and ready to launch a deadly attack at any moment, it was claimed today.
A jihadist fighting for the terror group has claimed one potential target is this Saturday’s VJ commemorations involving the Queen.
It is believed to be part of a new strategy with the terror group urging British jihadis to carry out attacks at home rather than travelling to Iraq or Syria.
Worryingly, it is believed up to seven Islamic State-linked jihadis are now in the UK and ready to launch an attack.
The shock claims were uncovered by an exclusive online sting by Sky News using fake social media accounts to unmask Islamic State recruiters.
An undercover investigator spoke to a terrorist responsible for training some of those believed to be in Britain.
He claimed they had received training to help launch an attack.
He said: "Yes, yes, yes everything, all of this - using the Kalashnikov, the pistol, the bomb, grenades and other things.
"They have lessons after training that last an hour then they leave.
"We don't see too much, we are there for their protection; seeing what they are actually doing or what they are talking about is impossible, it is forbidden."
The IS chiefs - a married British couple called Junaid and Umm Hussain - told undercover reporters that a girl in Glasgow was poised to murder and maim using an improvised explosive device (IED).
Over a four-month period, Sky News invented and developed characters and employed a freelance investigative reporter to “run” the characters - one male and one female.
Stuart Ramsay, Sky News chief correspondent, said: “Using these personas, we made contact with Islamic State recruiters initially using Twitter - then using anonymous online messaging services.
“It led us to a married couple - Junaid, or Abu, Hussain, and Sally Jones, known as Umm Hussain. They’re both from Britain and living in Raqqa. Hussain, 21, is from Birmingham and is in charge of IS recruitment.
“He is also a former computer hacker and has the dubious honour of being in the top five of IS operatives most likely to be killed by an American drone.
“During the course of our initial contacts he realised he was talking to a female and suggested she talk to his wife. Jones - originally from Chatham in Kent - recruits women and girls from Britain.
“She sent a bomb-making manual to our female character via a secure-sharing site, telling us that she had another girl in Glasgow ready to attack.
“Specifically, she mentioned the Royal Family and the date of August 15 - the day of the VJ commemorations in London.”
The news comes after a newspaper claimed that British jihadis plotted to blow up the Queen next weekend at an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Police and MI5 were involved in a frantic race against time to thwart the assassination plot being orchestrated from Syria by Islamic State commanders.
The extremists aimed to strike on Saturday by exploding a deadly pressure cooker bomb during events in Central London to mark the 70th anniversary of VJ Day – Victory in Japan, according to the Mail on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh – a veteran of the war in the Pacific – will first attend a service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square.
From there dignitaries will move to Horse Guards Parade for a traditional military ‘drumhead’ service, a flypast and a wreath-laying ceremony before the set-piece VJ Day parade of veterans and current troops down Whitehall to Westminster Abbey.
The Metropolitan Police's Specialist Operations unit issued a statement saying: "The police have for some time recognised, and spoken about, the fact that the fight against terrorism has a number of challenges; the real threat from people returning as trained terrorists from Syria and Iraq; the equal threat of those who have not travelled being encouraged and incited to commit attacks in the UK and the young and vulnerable being enticed out to Syria through internet based grooming.
"The police, together with our security partners, remain alert to terrorist threats that may manifest here or where individuals overseas may seek to direct or inspire others to commit attacks in and against the UK.
It is always helpful when journalists share with us information, as Sky did in this case, that could indicate terrorist or criminal activity and we will investigate and take action where appropriate.
"The UK threat level from international terrorism remains severe. We would like to reassure the public that we constantly review security plans for public events, taking into account specific intelligence and the wider threat.
"Our priority is the safety and security for all those attending or involved, the public are encouraged to continue with their plans to attend or take part in events as normal.
"We would also like to reiterate our long-standing advice to remain vigilant and alert. As ever we would urge the public to get in touch to report anything suspicious by calling the confidential anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321 or in an emergency by calling 999."
ISIS recently released a sickening video showing their latest appalling execution technique - forcing men to kneel on explosives and then blowing them up.
The footage shows gleeful and proud militants digging up the ground and planting explosives on the dirt.
A group of 10 men are then led by the black-clad terrorists to the site and forced onto their knees.
The killers then flee the site and detonate the explosives, killing the victims in a huge blast.
Before dying, each of the prisoners were forced to admit their offences before being brutally murdered.
It was reportedly filmed in Nangarhar in Afghanistan, where ISIS is trying to increase its power base.
Timeline of terror: The rise of ISIS
June 9, 2014
ISIS fighters seize Mosul's airport, TV stations and frees up to 1,000 prisoners
June 10, 2014
ISIS celebrates as it completely overruns Mosul
June 11, 2014
Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s home town, falls
June 21, 2014
A day-long gun battle leads to the fall of Al-Qaim on the Syria-Iraq border to ISIS, 200 miles west of Baghdad
June 29, 2014
ISIS announces the creation of a cross-border caliphate (Islamic state)
July 3, 2014
ISIS takes control of a major Syrian oil field. Oil sales fund the terror group
July 2, 2014
A map showing the areas ISIS plans to have under its control within five years emerges. It includes Spain, vast swathes of central Europe and North Africa
August 2014
ISIS fighters storm the Iraqi town of Sinjar, home to the Yazidis, a minority group. Thousands are raped, killed and captured
August 8 2014
American military begins airstrikes to protect Yazidis. Soon, the UK and US will attack ISIS strongholds
August 19, 2014
US journalist James Foley is decapitated by ‘Jihadi John’, later revealed to be British killer Mohammed Emwazi
September 2, 2014
ISIS releases a video showing the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff
September 4, 2014
ISIS post pictures of a baby posing with weapons. The killers will go on to use children extensively in its sickening propaganda
September 13, 2014
British aid worker David Haines is executed, sparking world-wide fury. Siege of Kobane on Syria-Turkey border begins
October 3, 2014
British charity volunteer Alan Henning is killed. ISIS blames UK bombing raids for killing
November 16, 2014
American hostage Peter Kassig is beheaded
3 November 2014
Londoner Amal El-Wahabi, 28, jailed for trying to send cash to her Jihadi husband in Syria
15 December, 2014
Terrorist Sheikh Haron is killed after a 16-hour siege in Sydney. He demanded an ISIS flag during the stand-off
January 7, 2015
Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. Brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi kill 11 cartoonists in Paris
January 9, 2015
Amedy Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to ISIS and was a close friend of Said and Chérif Kouachi. He attacked a jewish supermarket and murdered four hostages, and held fifteen other hostages before being shot by cops
January 24, 2015
Japanese hostage Kenji Goto is shown holding a photo of beheaded fellow hostage Haruna Yukawa
18 February, 2015
Three British schoolgirls from east London - Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana - join ISIS in Syria
March 4, 2015
ISIS throw a ‘homosexual' man off a building in Raqqa, Syria. More and more sickening execution videos will emerge over the coming months
March 15, 2015
Siege of Kobane is lifted following airstrikes and the brave actions of Kurd fighters
March 17, 2015
It’s reported that UK White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite is behind the deaths of 400 people
April 12, 2015
Nimrud, an archaeological treasure in Iraq, is blown up, the first of many monuments to be destroyed
April 20, 2015
Boy aged 14 from Blackburn arrested over alleged link to 'ISIS-inspired terror plot’ on Anzac Day in Australia
May 17, 2015
ISIS seizes control of Ramadi, a major tactical success for the terror group
May 26, 2015
ISIS advance into Palmyra in Syria, home of priceless archaeological artefacts
10 November, 2014
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi 'critically wounded' in allied air strike. However, the leader has been seen since
June 1, 2015
ISIS killers in Mosul force men to wear beards so their fighters can hide from air strikes among civilians
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