EU/NATO security chiefs: Islamic State wants to launch chemical, nuclear attacks

BELGRADE - NATO and EU security chiefs say Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) wants to use chemical or nuclear weapons to attack Britain.

During the Security and Counter Terror conference in London on Tuesday and Wednesday, a group of policing and counter terrorism experts delivered a dire warning.

Jorge Berto Silva, the European Commission's deputy chief of counter-terrorism, told the Telegraph that "with CBRN [chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear materials], there is a justified concern."

His view was shared by Dr Jamie Shea, NATO's deputy head of emerging threats, who told the conference "we know terrorists are trying to acquire these substances."

Shea also warned the Islamist group may be splitting into two with a Syria and Iraq-based 'state' and a network of terror cells in Europe.