Schoolboy, 15, arrested on suspicion of encouraging terror in east London
Counter-terrorism police raided the teen's home at 8:15am
A 15-year-old boy from east London has been arrested on "suspicion of encouraging terrorism".
Scotland Yard has confirmed that counter-terrorism officers raided the young lad’s address at 8:15am this morning and detained him.
The teen’s home is now being searched by police while he is held in custody and questioned by authorities.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Counter Terrorism Command attended a residential address in east London, at approximately 08.15hrs, on Thursday, 16 June, and arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of encouraging terrorism.
“Officers are searching the address. The boy has been taken to an east London police station where he remains in custody pending further enquiries.”
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Anti-terror laws states that ‘encouraging terrorism’ is the act of publishing a statement which ‘glorifies’ extremist attacks or which might provoke or influence others to commit such acts.
The number of under-18s arrested in terror investigations has risen from ten in 2014 to 16 in 2015.
Last year, three east London schoolgirls, Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, fled to Syria to join terror group ISIS.
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