Teenager charged with terrorism offences

 
Terrorism offences: Kazi Jawad Islam, 18, will appear in court tomorrow
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Standard Reporter6 November 2014
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An 18-year-old man has been charged with preparing to commit acts of terrorism.

Kazi Jawad Islam, 18, of Meanley Road, Manor Park, in East London, was charged with preparing to commit acts of terrorism contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

Islam, who was arrested on Wednesday August 13, has been remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

No further details of the charge were released.

It comes a few months after the national terror threat level in the UK was raised from substantial to severe, meaning a terrorist attack is "highly likely". This assessment is separate from the evaluation concerning police officers.

The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) raised the level against a backdrop of increasing concerns over hundreds of aspiring British jihadis travelling to Iraq and Syria to learn terrorist "tradecraft" and fight alongside terror groups such as Islamic State.

Fears heightened after IS posted a series of videos online showing the separate murders of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and two British aid workers, David Haines and most recently Mr Henning.

Footage claiming to show Mr Henning's murder appeared on the internet last month, just days after the UK joined US-led air strikes against the terrorists in Iraq.

In addition, an apparent IS fighter with a British accent appeared unmasked in another film encouraging "brothers" in Western countries to "rise up" and commit acts of terror in their home countries.

IS, led by fanatic Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has taken over large swathes of Iraq and Syria and attracted thousands of foreign jihadists to its cause, including around more than 500 Britons.

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