Paris attacker visited Britain to meet terror suspects

He also met with people suspected of having the intention and capability of plotting or assisting terrorist activity against Britain.

The UK terrorism threat level is now set at severe – meaning the prospect of an attack is “highly likely”.

A source said of the calls: “They were made shortly before the Paris attacks”. Security analysts have warned that after Paris, UK might be the next target of IS militants, who now have an added motive to attack the country since it joined air-strikes on IS strongholds in Syria.

A total of 11 terrorists were behind the attacks on Paris, which were carried out three weeks ago.

Paying respects… People gather at a makeshift memorial in front of “Le Ca Rillon” restaurant on November 15 following a series of co-ordinated terrorists attacks on November 13.

The officials told the Journal those people, including some of Moroccan heritage, were based in the Birmingham area, in central England, about 120 miles (190 km) from London.

British authorities are investigating links between the terror attacks and the United Kingdom, and it has now been claimed several people connected to the mastermind of the killings, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, are based in the UK.

Flowers are seen in the holes from bullet impacts on the door of the ” Casa Nostra” pizzeria in Paris, France, December 4, 2015, three weeks after shooting attacks which killed 130 people in the French capital.

West Midlands Police Assistant Chief Constable, Marcus Beale, said: “There have been a number of recent speculative media reports regarding the attacks in Paris and potential contact with people or places in Birmingham”.

The U.K.’s second-largest city has some known ties to Islamist extremism.

“We work tirelessly to counter terrorism”, he said. Junaid Hussain, a Birmingham native, went to Syria and became a leading hacker for Islamic State.

Belgium said Friday it was searching for two new “armed and dangerous” men who used false ID papers to help fugitive Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam travel to Hungary in September.