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Jeremy Hunt called the UK to"remain vigilant" after the terror attacks in Moscow on Friday.Militant Islamist group the Islamic State Khorasan has taken responsibility although Russia says it is investigating the possibility Ukraine is involved – a claim Kyiv vehemently denies.
“But I take what the Russian government says with an enormous pinch of salt, I’m afraid, after what we’ve seen from them only the last few years.”“But we have to remain vigilant,” the chancellor said. “If it is the Islamic State, they are utterly indiscriminate in what they do, they are prepared to murder in the most horrific way, and I think that’s why our hearts go out to everyone affected by this, wherever they are in the world.On whether the UK’s threat level could be increased from substantial, Hunt said this is decided independently by British intelligence chiefs.
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