British police say the number of terror-related arrests has risen to record levels with nearly 340 people detained in England, Wales and Scotland in the past year. The represents a thirty per cent rise on the previous year.
Half of those arrests relate to Syria where the Islamic State has established a base. Scotland Yard said an estimated 700 potential terror suspects have traveled to Syria, with half of those believed to have returned to the UK.
This comes as Britain's Foreign Office says it's looking into reports that three British teenagers are on the run after escaping from the Islamic State in Iraq. An Iraqi blogger reported IS are searching for three young British women who are married to militants. There is speculation these could be the three 16 year old London schoolgirls who traveled to Syria earlier this year.
Terrorism and security expert Margaret Gilmore told LBC radio how dangerous it is for recruits to leave ISIS.
IN: A lot of them die...
OUT: ...be arrested."
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