(Sky News) A 15-year-old schoolboy, who converted to Islam, planned to attack the Isle of Wight music festival using a vehicle and knife, a court has heard.
The youth, who cannot be named, was arrested on the day of his alleged planned attack and found with a knife in his rucksack and notes saying he was going to “slice” the throat of a teacher, prosecutors at his [trial] have said.
It was alleged that the teenager, from the Isle of Wight and now aged 16, said one teacher had drawn the face of Allah and wrote: “You shouldn’t feel safe. I have not forgotten the time you drew a face and claimed it was God.”
The court heard the boy converted to Islam in the autumn of 2021 and it was initially seen as having a positive impact.
