Conflict & Security
Boy, 14, charged with extreme right-wing terror offence over alleged plot to target London mosques
July 15, 2026 at 05:55 PM
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TGThe Guardian
Police charge 14-year-old boy over alleged terror plot targeting London mosques
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AJAl Jazeera English
Fourteen-year-old boy charged over alleged plot targeting London mosques
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BNBBC News
Boy, 14, charged with terror offence targeting London mosques
(opens the publisher’s site)A 14-year-old boy has been charged with offences linked to extreme right-wing terrorism in connection with an alleged plan to target two mosques in Sutton, south London.
- The Metropolitan Police said the boy was initially arrested on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle.
- Officers searching an address found a number of documents of concern, according to a police spokesperson.
- The boy has also been charged with racially aggravated criminal damage to a car window.