Massive ISIS attacks are being prepared as cops distracted by lone wolves

Marc Trevidic added: "It served to put all of our agencies on edge.

Just like a smoke screen, it allowed them to calmly prepare.”

And a former head of the US Defence Intelligence Agency has added that the attack plans were in place for years rather than months.

Michael Flynn said the sick jihadi group began planning the attacks long before they swept through large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.

He added: "This didn’t all of a sudden pop up in the last six months.

"They have been contemplating external attacks ever since the group moved into Syria in 2012.”

Some of the lone wolf attacks seen in Europe have been carried out by individuals inspired by brutal terror organisations.

(dailystar.co.uk)