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Self-styled Islamic State has developed a new "special forces" style of combat to target Europe, the director of the EU's police agency Europol says.

More attacks like those in Mumbai in 2008 and Paris last November could be being planned, Rob Wainwright said.

He was speaking as Europol opened its new counter-terror centre in The Hague.

The unit will seek to improve information exchange and identify the links between terrorism and other areas of crime.

The need was highlighted in particular by the Paris attacks on 13 November that killed 130 people. On Sunday, the Islamic State group posted a video apparently showing nine of the suspected gunmen before they carried out those attacks...

...The opening of the centre coincided with Europol's new report on IS.

The Paris attacks and the downing of a Russian airliner over Egypt last October "suggest a shift in IS strategy towards going global", it says.

"IS is preparing more terrorist attacks, including more 'Mumbai-style' attacks, to be executed in member states of the EU, and in France in particular," the report, Changes in modus operandi of Islamic State terrorist attacks, says.

"The attacks will be primarily directed at soft targets, because of the impact it generates."

It suggests refugees fleeing Syria and other nations for Europe may be vulnerable to recruitment.

"Indeed there are reports that refugee centres are being specifically targeted by Islamic extremist recruiters," the report says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35401514

I really don't think some people have a clue just how dangerous the situation unfolding in Europe is.