A 15-year-old boy from Nottingham has been charged with terror offences linked to the so-called...
Published: 2:07 am December 11, 2023
Updated: 2:07 am December 11, 2023

A 15-year-old boy from Nottingham has been charged with terror offences linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS), police have said.

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Counter Terrorism Policing North East (CTPNE) said the boy had been charged with six counts of dissemination of terrorist publications and one count of support for a proscribed organisation.

He was arrested in June as part of a pre-planned, intelligence-led, investigation into suspicious activity online about IS.

The boy is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

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Police said there was no immediate threat to public safety.

This is the latest in a series of arrests and charges related to IS activity in the UK.

In September, a 20-year-old man from Newcastle upon Tyne was sentenced to five years and two months in prison for possessing and distributing IS propaganda.

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In July, a 32-year-old woman from Stoke-on-Trent was jailed for four years and six months for sharing IS propaganda online.

And in June, two men from Coventry were jailed for a total of 11 years for plotting to travel to Syria to join IS.

The arrests are part of a wider effort by police to counter the threat posed by IS.

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In July, the government announced that it would increase the number of armed police officers by 2,000 to help to protect against the threat of terrorism.

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