A man from North London has admitted to committing terrorism offences before a court. Al-Arfat Hassan, 20, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday (November 10) and confessed that he possessed chemicals for terrorism purposes. A Met Police spokesperson said Hassan was previously convicted in December 2022 of collecting information likely to be used for the cause too. A 17-year-old from Leeds, who cannot be named, similarly accepted that he had gathered details that could have been useful for an ISIS propaganda video.
A probe was launched into Hassan after he was stopped at Heathrow Airport on February 27 last year and officers found evidence of his extremist mind set after seizing and analysing his phone. The investigation uncovered that Hassan bought chemicals that were ingredients for an explosive device. Videos of him posing with a sword and the chemicals were also discovered. Several of these messages said to have contained videos and images of the teenage boy in Leeds, who was seen posing with knives and featuring flags from ISIS and other terrorist groups. He was arrested nine days after Hassan on March 12, 2022.
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