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Half of Britons Blame UK’s Foreign Wars for Terror Attacks at Home, Poll Reveals

© AFP 2023 / Oli SCARFFA police cordon surrounds Manchester Arena in Manchester, northwest England following the deadly terror attacks on May 23, 2017.
A police cordon surrounds Manchester Arena in Manchester, northwest England following the deadly terror attacks on May 23, 2017. - Sputnik International
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Slightly over a half of people in the United Kingdom agree that the nation’s involvement in wars abroad has increased the terror threat to the country, a poll out Friday has showed.

People rush out of the Arndale shopping centre as it is evacuated in Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The survey found that 53 percent of 7,134 UK adults sampled by YouGov said they believed wars the United Kingdom supported or fought were in part responsible for terror attacks at home.

The terror threat level in the country was raised to the highest notch of "critical" after this Monday’s terrorist attack at a pop concert in Manchester, which killed 22 people and injured over a hundred.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who made a speech earlier in the day to mark his return to general election campaigning, said UK’s war on terror had not worked. He cited intelligence experts who said foreign wars, including in Libya, threatened the country’s security.

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