Boy, 15, charged with terror offences relating to extremist Islam

(LBC) A 15-year-old boy has been charged with terror offences connected to extremist Islam.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of three counts of having a document or record of information likely to be useful to a person preparing an act of terrorism.

He has also been charged with three counts of encouraging terrorism, Counter Terrorism Policing South East said.

It comes just hours after the prime minister warned “terrorism has changed” following the murder of three young girls in Southport last year.

The boy, from Southampton, Hampshire, was charged on Monday and released on bail.

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