All mass killing plots to be treated like terror

POLICE and the courts will be given new powers to deal with suspects believed to be planning mass killings, the Home Secretary has pledged.

- By Rob Freeman

Yvette Cooper said the new tools will enable the criminal justice system to “close the gap” between terror suspects — who can be jailed for life for planning attacks — and individuals not driven by a particular ideology.

Police would be given powers to apprehend such people before they carry out attacks.