- New campaign by police to encourage public to be aware of terror threat
- Leaflets handed out at stations telling passengers what to do in attack
- Police say the campaign is the result of an increased threat from fanatics
- They say information from passengers has prevented previous plots
- Security services say they've foiled 'marauding gun attacks' in recent years
- But some commuters have criticised the leaflets as 'scaremongering'
- A new anti-terror bill is be unveiled today in a bid to stop radicalisation
Police are taking to railway stations to tell passengers what to do in the event of a Mumbai-style terrorist attack at one of Britain's busy terminals.
After government warnings that the threat to Britain from Islamist fanatics is 'greater than ever', officers handed out leaflets telling the public to 'run, hide and tell' if they are caught up in an attack.
The flyer, which has been attacked as 'scaremongering' by critics, shows images of worried-looking people running down flights of stairs, cowering in the dark and anxiously talking on their mobile phones.
Police have been handing out leaflets telling people to 'run, hide and tell' if they are caught up in a Mumbai-style terrorist attack in Britain
The campaign comes as a sweeping package of measures to tackle the threat from home-grown extremists and those returning from fighting with ISIS is set to go before Parliament.
Launching the campaign, Chief Constable of British Transport Police (BTP) Paul Crowther said: 'More than six million people travel on our railways every single day.
'For commuters, who make the same journey over and over again, it can be easy to become oblivious to their surroundings.
'But I would urge them to remain alert, use their instinct and have the confidence to report anything that strikes them as out-of-place or suspicious.
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