MI5 chief warns of threat to public

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8 October 2013 Last updated at 17:09 ET

Andrew Parker was named as the new head of the Security Service earlier this year.

Thousands of Islamist extremists in the UK see the British public as a legitimate target for attacks, the director general of MI5 has said.

In his first speech since taking over in April, Andrew Parker gave an update on the threats to security.

Mr Parker named al-Qaeda and affiliates in south Asia and the Arabian peninsula as presenting "the most direct and immediate threats to the UK".

He was speaking to a closed Whitehall audience on Tuesday night.

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