Overview

• Authorities arrested the 17-year-old after family members and school counselors alerted police to his plans to emulate a previous attacker.
• Investigators found a digital Al Qaeda training manual and a “Lugares para atacar” note listing addresses of potential targets, including a dance school near his home.
• In a June 21 Magistrates’ Court hearing, Judge Cheema-Grubb ordered psychiatric and presentencing assessments and sent the case to the Crown Court.
• Prosecutors ruled out terrorism charges under the Terrorism Act 2000, citing no evidence of a political or ideological motive.
• The Crown Court will review the assessments before setting a sentencing date on the non-terror offence charges.