How Lee Rigby’s murder changed the face of terror
17 April 2018
As featured in The Guardian
UK COUNTERTERRORISM
Yet, as time passes, it is clear that Rigby’s murder has had a substantial impact on the terrorist threat picture in the UK and around the world. It was the most public terrorist knife attack and it became something of a model. In the UK alone, at least 16 plots or incidents took place afterwards in which bladed weapons were either used or planned to be used.