Boy denies plotting terrorist attack on two Sutton mosques
A 14-year-old boy has denied planning a terror attack on two mosques in south-west London.
Prosecutors said the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was accused of planning to target two places of worship in Sutton with acts motivated by “far-right terrorism”.
Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, he alleged that he had prepared acts of terrorism on or before July 9 and had caused grievous racial damage to property.
The prosecution alleges the mosque attacks were to take place on August 28 and that the teenager also planned to cause criminal damage, including “laying bricks” and slashing tyres, in what was dubbed Operation Terrorize Sutton.
Prosecutor Adam Harbinson claimed that the teenager had prepared a manifesto inspired by Adolph Hitler, Christchurch mosque murderer Brenton Tarrant and neo-Nazi Anders Breivik.
The prosecution claimed that the boy was arrested after the attempted mosque attack, in which he broke the window of a car belonging to a black woman..
The boy was remanded in youth custody until his next court appearance at the Old Bailey on 21 August.
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