Jihadists smuggle deadly weapons into Europe 'for sick attacks'

The sickos are said to have recruited an army of scientists who could create the explosives from raw materials.

A staggering 150 cases of reported nuclear or radiological trafficking are already carried out every year as ISIS continues to wage war against the West.

The worrying report - which was drafted after the Paris attack - reveals: "Chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) substances have been carried undetected into the European Union.

"Interpol's monthly CBRN intelligence reports show numerous examples of attempts to acquire, smuggle or use CBRN materials."

Rob Wainwright, head of Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, said after the Paris attacks: "We are dealing with a very serious, well-resourced, determined international terrorist organisation that is now active on the streets of Europe.

"This represents the most serious terrorist threat faced in Europe for 10 years."

Cops across Britain have been carrying out drills to ensure they will be ready if terrorists strike again.

But the EU report says the Government and the public should do what they can to prepare themselves for an attack.

The report calls on UK officials to "consider publicly addressing the possibility of a terrorist attack using chemical, biological, radiological or even nuclear materials"

It adds: "At present, European citizens are not seriously contemplating the possibility that extremist groups might use chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials during attacks in Europe.

"Under these circumstances, the impact of such an attack, should it occur, would be even more destabilising."

Wolfgang Rudischhauser from NATO said: "ISIS actually has already acquired the knowledge, and in some cases the human expertise, that would allow it to use CBRN materials as weapons of terror."

EU member states been warned to be on the lookout for "other radicalised individuals, who have access to, or work in, sensitive areas".

And intelligence services have been told to screen returning Jihadi fighters for "specialist CBRN knowledge

(The Daily Star)