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Scottish Teen Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge Over Mosque Attack Plot

The High Court has deferred sentencing to consider reports on his autism diagnosis alongside his social media radicalization.

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The 17-year-old had approached Inverclyde Muslim Centre under the pretence of wanting to convert to Islam

Overview

  • He entered a plea under the Terrorism Act at Glasgow’s High Court for plotting mass murder at the Inverclyde Muslim Centre in Greenock.
  • Police intelligence officers intercepted him on January 23 outside the mosque carrying an airgun, aerosol cans and explosive ingredients.
  • He gained the mosque community’s trust by feigning conversion to Islam, sketching interiors and filming reconnaissance videos.
  • A home search recovered extremist materials including Mein Kampf, The Anarchist Cookbook, airsoft weapons, knives and bomb-making supplies.
  • The 17-year-old, radicalized online since age 13 and diagnosed with autism, remains remanded in a secure unit pending pre-sentencing reports.