(ITV) A teenage Islamic State fanatic has admitted a plot to attack police officers or soldiers on home soil.
Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to “torture, mutilate and kill military personnel” as he prepared to stake out a British Army barracks in Stratford, east London.
Other targets for a potential knife attack included a police station, railway station, and Stratford magistrates’ court.
King also spoke of his desire to travel to Syria to join Islamic State, bought “tactical gloves” and goggles and registered with an online knife retailer, according to court documents.
At a hearing at the Old Bailey on Friday, King, from Wickford in Essex, pleaded guilty to preparation of terrorist acts between 22 December 2021 and 17 May 2022.
