More than 200 terror attacks were planned, thwarted or carried out in Europe last year as the continent faced a mounting threat from violent extremism.

There were 211 "failed, foiled or completed" terrorist strikes reported by six member states - with the highest number logged by the UK, according to Europol.

Some 151 people died and more than 360 were injured as a result of terrorism - with the vast majority of fatalities in France, which was hit by the Charlie Hebdo and Paris atrocities in 2015.

The figures are "markedly higher" than in 2014, when four people were killed and six wounded, Europol said.

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