(National-UAE) More than 40 children were arrested in connection with alleged terrorism offences in the UK last year — the highest number since records began, official figures show.
The Home Office said police made 219 arrests for terrorism-related activities in the 12 months to December 2023, a jump of almost a third on the previous year.
This total figure compared to 167 people detained in 2022. The 2023 total was the highest number since 2019, when 282 suspects were arrested. In 2017, 467 arrests [were] made.
Of the 219 people arrested in 2023, 42 were children under the age of [18] — compared to 32 in the previous year. The proportion of arrests of children remained the same at 19 per cent.
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