Police charge 14-year-old boy over alleged terror plot targeting London mosques

The brief

A 14-year-old boy from south London has been charged with an offence linked to “extreme rightwing terrorism” after a police search uncovered an alleged plot to target two mosques. The boy was arrested on 9 July on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle, but officers dispatched to his address found “a number of documents of concern” during a search, according to the Metropolitan police. The terrorism charge relates to an alleged plan to target two mosques in the Sutton area of south London. The force said the affected mosques had been contacted and were being supported by specialist officers, and that they were not looking for any other suspects…