Urgent action is demanded to stop massacres at school and attacks designed to cause massive numbers of casualties . Official figures show that in 2023-24, 162 referrals were made to the anti-extremism Prevent programme because of concerns about potential school massacres . This was an increase on 2022-23 (159) and 2021-22 (154).

The findings also show there were 469 referrals in 2024-25 due to concerns about “fascination with extreme violence or mass casualty attacks”. These were most common in London (81), the North West (80) and the North East (67).

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “This is a worrying trend. Those obsessed with extreme violence are dangerous.They need mental health interventions and if they commit a crime then they need to be imprisoned for a long time.”

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