Euro-pol has warned that militants from so-called (IS) will aim
to step up attacks on European targets, as they face defeat in the Middle East.
The European police force says more foreign fighters will
try to come back to Europe, and "several dozen" capable of attacks
could already be there.
Their
tactics could include car bombs, kidnappings and extortion, it said.
But
the report plays down the likelihood of attacks on critical infrastructure,
such as nuclear sites.
It
says that IS militants now prefer soft targets.
It
warns that some Syrian refugees in Europe may be vulnerable to recruitment by
extremists who infiltrate refugee camps.
Europe
has been shaken by a series of attacks in recent years blamed on IS militants.
Europol
terror data found online
'Threat still high'
The
report said the EU faced
a range of threats and attacks from
both organised networks and lone actors, either directed or inspired by IS
and involving a range of weapons including bladed weapons and vehicles.
Home-made,
commercial and military explosives in improvised devices such as those used in Syria
and Iraq had not yet been used in Europe but this was "conceivable...
at some stage", it added.
January 2015 - Massacre at the
Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and siege at a Jewish supermarket.
November 2015 - Attacks on Bataclan concert hall and
bars and restaurants in Paris. 130 killed.
March 2016 - Suicide bombings
in Brussels airport and metro leave 32 dead
14 July 2016 - More than 80
people killed after a lorry ploughed into a crowd in the southern French city of Nice during Bastille Day celebrations
18-24 July 2016 - Series of violent
attacks in various locations in southern Germany leave
10 dead.
26 July 2016 - Priest Fr Jacques Hamel killed
in knife attack in French church
"The so-called
Islamic State has proven to be very effective in inspiring people to commit
terrorist acts and in setting attacks in motion themselves," the report
said.
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