14 year old charged under anti -terror laws for egging on Australian terrorists

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A 14-YEAR-OLD-old boy arrested in Britain has been charged with an alleged Anzac Day terrorism plot in Australia. 
 
The Telegraph reports that the teen, who is set to appear in Westminster Magistrates Court tomorrow, has become the youngest person ever charged on terrorism offences in the UK.

"Following an investigation by police in the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, we have today authorised charges for a 14 year old male of two offences of inciting terrorism overseas, contrary to section 59 of the Terrorism Act 2000," Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counter terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said.

   

"The first allegation is that, between 15 and 26 March 2015, the defendant incited another person to commit an act of terrorism, namely to carry out an attack at an Anzac parade in Australia with the aim of killing and/or causing serious injury to people.

"The second allegation is that on 18 March 2015, the defendant incited another person to behead someone in Australia.

"The decision to prosecute has been taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. "We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest."

The would-be terrorists allegedly planned to run over a police officer, kill him with a knife and seize his gun before going on a shooting rampage during Anzac Day centenary celebrations.

Australian police arrested five teenagers in Melbourne over the alleged plans.

Two Melbourne teenagers have been charged with a third to be charged on summons after the raids.


   

Counter-terrorism officials are reportedly investigating links to Neil Prakash, an Australian man of Fijian-Indian and Cambodian background believed to be the chief recruiter of Australians for terror outfit Islamic State.

Victoria Police allege investigators received information from UK authorities "after they allegedly uncovered communications between the teenager and a man in Australia".

"Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police can confirm a link between the arrest of a 14-year-old boy in Blackburn, Lancashire in the United Kingdom on Saturday with Operation Rising, a Joint Counter Terrorism Team operation," a spokesman said.

The nature of the communication will form part of the investigation and therefore it would be inappropriate to comment further."