A teenage boy was today arrested for possessing and encouraging terrorist acts via WhatsApp.
Ayub Khan (19 years old) was accused of having a knife that is connected to the ‘commission preparation or instigation an act of terror contrary Section 57 of The Terrorism Act 2000’.
Khan was further accused in connection with terrorist material being sent to WhatsApp group chat in May of this year, with the intention to encourage acts of terror.
Ayub Khan appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court. (file photo) He was charged with possession of a knife connected to terror plot, and encouraging terrorist attacks via a WhatsApp group chat.
The teenager, from Fisher Close, Ealing, west London appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court speaking to confirm his name, date of birth and address, during the brief hearing.
Khan is facing three charges of dissemination terrorist material, and one charge of possessing an item connected to the commission or a terrorist act. These cases were filed between October 18th and November 17th.
Khan was taken into custody by District Judge Paul Goldspring until December 17, ahead of the Old Bailey’s preliminary hearing.
Ayub Khan (age 19,) is charged with possessing a knife in connection to the “commission, preparation, or instigation terrorism act contrary to Section 56 of the Terrorism Act 2000” (file image).
Khan was arrested by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command with Mohammad Zubair Khan, 21, as part of the same operation on 16 November.
Zubair Khan of Ealing is facing eight charges of dissemination terrorist material.
Also, he has been placed in custody in preparation for a preliminary hearing at Old Bailey 3 December.