UK threat level downgraded to severe from critical: minister

Thirty people were injured on Friday in a bombing at a London Underground train.


Britain has downgraded its terrorism threat level to severe from critical, two days after a bombing in a London Underground train injured 30 people, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said Sunday.

“The Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre, which reviews the threat level that the UK is under, have decided to lower that level from critical to severe,” Rudd said in a televised statement.

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