Broadcaster Tonia Buxton has revealed she abandoned a holiday as a result of terror fears.
The restaurateur told GB News that her “hysterical” daughter insisted on her staying home when she was due to travel abroad.
But the Day of Jihad, which took place in countries across the world last week in response to the Israel-Hamas war, prompted Buxton to think twice about her decision to go abroad.
She spoke out on the decision after two people were shot dead in Brussels, leading to Belgium’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden to be abandoned at half time.
Tonia Buxton says 'we are living in terror'
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Buxton said “we are living in terror” in a chilling overview of the ongoing animosity as the Israel-Hamas conflict threatens to spill over into societal tensions worldwide.
“On Friday, I was supposed to be travelling on the EuroTunnel with my husband”, she said.
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“One of my daughters had an absolute fit about it, she was going mad, she was saying ‘you’re not going, you’re not travelling, there is going to be a Day of Jihad and they are going to target the EuroTunnel’.
“She was obsessed. Hysterically obsessed. We didn’t go. This is the type of terror that is gripping all of us.
“When one of my daughters go on the underground, my stomach clenches.”
Speaking on the killings in Brussels, Buxton told Bev Turner and Emily Carver there is always a threat of “nutters” deciding to commit atrocities.
The attacker is thought to be a failed asylum seeker who arrived in Belgium in 2019
REUTERS“Some of these attacks are going to be orchestrated, some are going to be these nutters like this guy”, she said.
“This is what we have, it’s nothing compared to what is going on in Israel at the moment, but we are living in terror.”
The incident in Belgium prompted the suspension of the country’s Euro 2024 qualifier match against Sweden at half time after the players decided they did not want to continue the game.
Belgium’s prime minister Alexander De Croo appeared to link the shooting to terrorism.
In a post on social media, he wrote: "I have just offered my sincere condolences to the Swedish prime minister following tonight's harrowing attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels.
"Our thoughts are with the families and friends who lost their loved ones. As close partners, the fight against terrorism is a joint one."
Police in Brussels shot dead the gunman in a cafe in the Scharbeek neighbourhood.
The 45-year-old was named as Abdesalem, who killed two Swedes and seriously injured a third in the automatic rifle attack on Monday.
Brussels has been on its highest terror alert since.