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

‘Documents of concern’ found at child’s home in the capital, with no other suspects sought

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.