(ITV) A teenager has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of having information about setting wildfires for “terrorist purposes.”
Muhammad Zakir Arif, 19, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, is charged with four offences of possessing a record containing information useful to terrorism on dates between April 21, 2023, and January 15, 2024.
Titles included Guide to Set Wildfire and Destroy by Fire, You Must Fight Them O Muwahhid, and Just Terror Tactics — Arson Attacks.
Arif is also accused of having two mobile phones at Forest Bank prison in Manchester without lawful authority and transmitting a voice call on May 20, 2024.
