Intelligence officials fear more Sri Lanka-style ‘terrorist spectaculars’ as Isil look to tourist destinations

Terror masterminds have been freed up to carry out further Sri Lanka-style attacks on tourists because they are no longer preoccupied with running the Islamic State, intelligence officials have told the Sunday Telegraph.

Agencies are concerned that further holiday destinations are now vulnerable to so-called ‘terrorist spectaculars’ as a result of the collapse of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

It is believed that jihadi fighters fleeing Iraq and Syria will now concentrate on carrying out attacks at holiday resorts. Well-placed sources suggested India, the Maldives and east African resorts in Kenya and in Tanzania were most vulnerable.

Isil leaders, it is believed, have now switched…