Teens as young as 13 ‘starting to talk about committing terror attacks’ - UK counter-terrorism head

Teens as young as 13 ‘starting to talk about committing terror attacks’ - UK counter-terrorism head
(Parliament TV/PA)

Teenagers as young as 13 are starting to talk about committing terror attacks, the UK’s head of counter-terrorism policing has warned.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu was telling MPs about the terror threat the country faces – particularly describing a “dramatic” rise in the number of right-wing cases.

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