Invictus is now at risk

HARRY'S 'VERY STUPID' TALIBAN CLAIMS RAISE THREAT LEVEL

- PATRICK HILL, SEAN RAYMENT, DRESCH and LOUISE LAZELL MATTHEW

MILITARY veterans fear terrorists could target the Invictus Games to avenge the 25 Taliban fighters killed by Prince Harry.

Experts last night said security at this autumn's event for wounded soldiers will be "a nightmare".

There are also fears Harry has jeopardised any event he attends and that he could be regarded in the same vein as The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.

Admiral Lord West, former head of the Navy, told the Sunday Mirror: "The Invictus Games is very much labelled to him and so I would have thought the threat level there will definitely be higher.

"There will be serious security issues because of what he said. Measures will have to be put in place to protect the veterans.

"And there will be people who, given half the chance, will want to do something." He called Harry "very stupid" for giving details of his Taliban kills.

In his autobiography - titled Spare - Harry referred to the Afghanistan war victims as "chess pieces".

Lord West went on: "The Taliban will be reading it thinking there's this prince calling us all chess pieces and is quite happy about killing us.

"And there will be a lot of people, I am sure, in Islamic State and other terrorist organisations, who will think this is something which should be avenged."

This year's Games will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany, in September.