Al Qaeda urges followers to bomb London's Savoy hotel with instructions on how to make a car bomb
- Al-Qaeda have published the twelfth issue of their propaganda magazine
- The Savoy hotel is listed as a top UK target, along with football matches
- Terrorists encouraged to target crowded areas
- The magazine includes instructions on how to make bombs
- Other global targets listed include Sears Tower and the Louvre
- The Metropolitan Police say 'appropriate steps' have been taken
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The list is featured in the twelfth edition of Inspire, the terror group's propaganda magazine
Al-Qaeda has published a chilling list of its top bombing targets, including London's prestigious hotel, The Savoy.
In the twelfth issue of Inspire, the magazine published by the terror group, it calls for bombers to attack crowded areas and provides a country-by-country break down of suggested sites.
For the UK, these include football matches, the Cheltenham Festival and The Savoy.
One of London's most famous hotels, The Savoy has been a regular haunt for celebrities throughout its 115 year history, making it a high-profile target.
The magazine encourages readers to build their own car bomb - which it provides instructions of how to do - and detonate it outside the hotel.
It suggests carrying out the attack at 10pm when, it says, 'high profile targets' will be exiting.
According to the article, this is 'a perfect place and time to detonate your car bomb.'
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said counter-terrorism officers monitor the magazine closely but would not release details of any additional security measures.
He said: 'The MPS Counter Terrorism Command is aware of the website and appropriate steps have been put in place.
The Savoy is one of London's most famous hotels and has been listed as a global terror target by Al-Qaeda
The magazine's editorial taunts the US government for failing to stop the attack on the Boston marathon
The list of global targets for attacks includes Chicago's Sears Tower, left, and the Louvre gallery, in Paris, right
'As part of our continued work, we regularly work with, and support, industry and crowded places with a variety of briefings and advice.'
Both the Savoy and the company that manages it, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, were contacted but no one was available for comment.
An article about dead cleric Anwar al-Awlaki quotes him defending the killing of civilians
Suggestions for attacks include Bastille Military Day Parade and the Louvre art gallery, both in Paris, Sears Tower in Chicago and popular holiday destinations for western tourists, such as the Dordogne.
The magazine carries an article about Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a US drone strike in 2011. In the piece, al-Awlaki is quoted justifying the killing of civilians by saying: 'Soldiers are expected to die… But a civilian is not. So when you you hit the civilian you hit them where it hurts and that is what our tactics are about.'
As well as these sort of instructions, the magazine contains practical advice on how to carry out an attack.
These include methods of making bombs, which it claims can be made with easily accessible items and are simple enough to be followed 'in the kitchen of your mom.'
The magazine's letter from the editor mocks the American government for failing to be able to 'protect its citizen from pressure cooker bombs in backpacks,' a reference to the attack on the Boston marathon in April 2013.
It goes on to ask: 'I wonder if they are ready to stop car bombs.'
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