The British police closed off a major highway in northern England on Saturday after an explosion was heard near Britain's largest army training barracks. North Yorkshire Police said the report of the explosion was at 3 a.m. (10 p.m. ET) in the Catterick area where more than 13,000 army personal and their families are based. There were no reports of injuries and the police said they are still investigating a possible cause. "we don't know what it was, it was a report of someone hearing an explosion. At the moment, there is nothing obvious, it was reported at night in the darkness. we are searching to find exactly what it was that was heard.Obviously because it is in that area we have got to take all the precautions, because of location." a police spokeswoman said. Britain's on their second highest terrorism threat level of severe, meaning an attack is considered highly likely, since August. Since then dozens of terrorism suspects,including some accused of plotting to kill police officers or soldiers and other charged with planning to behead a member of the public, have been arrested.
This makes me wonder because Living in the United States your hear plenty about other countries but personally I feel like we don't hear a lot about terrorism in the UK. We hear a lot about terrorism in the Middle East more than any other country. The article above surprised me because I did not realize how bad terrorism was getting in the UK. In the United States we are caring a lot more about what is happening in the Middle East and Africa while Europe is having some issues as well. They might be told to the American public but not in as much detail as these other stories. A lot of the American population would like to hear it all.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cops-close-u-k-s-a1-highway-after-blast-reported-n258106
This makes me wonder because Living in the United States your hear plenty about other countries but personally I feel like we don't hear a lot about terrorism in the UK. We hear a lot about terrorism in the Middle East more than any other country. The article above surprised me because I did not realize how bad terrorism was getting in the UK. In the United States we are caring a lot more about what is happening in the Middle East and Africa while Europe is having some issues as well. They might be told to the American public but not in as much detail as these other stories. A lot of the American population would like to hear it all.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cops-close-u-k-s-a1-highway-after-blast-reported-n258106