The figure is more than six times the figure previously released by
the Home Office at the time of last month's Manchester bombing.
Then,
it was revealed the security services had 500 live investigations into
more than 3,000 suspected radical jihadis, including about 400 people
who have remarkably been allowed to return to our shores after fighting
with
terror group Islamic State (
ISIS) in Syria.
But,
it has since emerged a further 20,000 radical Islamists have been
considered a "person of interest" to the security services at anyone
time, according to a security services source.
It is not clear over which timescale the figure relates to.
But,
the news has led to fears there are simply not enough resources for our
security forces and counter terror police to monitor all their
activities at anyone time.
A Whitehall source said 18 terror plots in the UK have been foiled since 2013, including five since the
London terror attack in March.
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