British sniper teams being trained to deal with terror threats like Nice
British SAS sniper teams are being trained to stop speeding vehicles by shooting through engine blocks with armour-piercing bullets, according to the Sunday Times, amid fears that the UK may be targeted in a terrorist attack, similar to the Nice atrocity in which 84 people were killed. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is especially concerned that the Notting Hill Carnival, held annually over the August Bank Holiday, will be targeted.

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British SAS sniper teams are being trained to stop speeding vehicles amid fears the UK could be targeted in an attack similar to the Nice atrocity.

Security fears have been raised for major public events such as London's Notting Hill Carnival after an Isis leader urged "lone wolf" attackers to target innocent people.

Now SAS snipers have been trained to stop vehicles in crowds by shooting through engine blocks with armour-piercing bullets, the Sunday Times reported.

Aides of Mayor Sadiq Khan are said to have particular concerns over the Notting Hill Carnival, where more than a million people head to celebrate the August bank holiday weekend every year.

The warning comes as two more people were arrested in connection with the atrocity in which 84 people were killed on Thursday night. A man and a woman were held by French police as the country called up 12,000 police reservists to boost security in the wake of the massacre.

Speaking to the Sunday Times after the Nice attack, Neil Basu, the Metropolitan Police's deputy assistant commissioner, said: "Every terrorist incident that happens worldwide we look at to see what the latest tactics and methodology are, and we think about whether that could happen here."

Isis claimed responsibility for the attack perpetrated by suspected lone wolf attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel.

The terror group's official radio station, al-Bayan, has now warned that "crusader states" in the West are not safe. Other senior Isis figures have also warned that civilians and crowds in the West are legitimate targets.

In May, Isis chief Abu Muhammad al-Adnani said: "“Know that inside the lands of the belligerent crusaders there is no sanctity of blood and no existence of those so-called innocents.

“Know that your targeting [of] those who are called ‘civilians’ is more beloved to us and more effective, as it is more harmful and painful and a greater deterrent to them. So go forth!”