Britain will deploy its special forces on the streets of London with orders to shoot to kill in the event of a Paris-like siege in any British city.
According to ‘The Times’, military units in the UK remain on standby at their bases and would be moved by helicopter in an emergency. A government source told the newspaper that the requirement was to “take swift action to neutralise terrorists, rather than to cordon and negotiate”. It is believed that the Bataclan concert hall massacre in Paris, in which 89 people were killed on Friday night, has convinced British security chiefs to switch their strategy from seeking to negotiate with gunmen. Multiple attacks on bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France on Friday left 129 people dead. The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed it was behind the killings.
“Here at this summit, we have agreed to take further important steps... to cut off the financing that terrorists rely upon, to counter the extremist ideology and the terrorists’ propaganda and to better protect ourselves from the threat of foreign fighters, by sharing intelligence and stopping them from travelling,” Cameron said.