A TOP counter terrorism cop has warned a Manchester conference `the aim of the game now is mass murder'.
Chief Supt Tony Porter, head of the GMP-based Counter Terrorism Unit, painted a bleak picture of the threat from Muslim extremists when he addressed business leaders at a security conference.
But he also spoke of his `optimism for the future' and his desire to make the region `the most hostile environment you can imagine' for terrorists.
He warned delegates at the start of his speech he would outline `