Washington teen charged with planning terror attack

An 18 year-old man has been charged with planning an extreme right-wing terrorist attack

Author: Ellie KumarPublished 4th Nov 2021

An 18 year-old man has been charged with planning an extreme right-wing terrorist attack.

Luke Aaron Skelton is in custody and will appear via video link before London's Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

The Counter Terrorism Policing North East unit said the charge against Skelton, of Washington, Northumbria, relates to an investigation about extreme right-wing terrorism.

Skelton was arrested during a pre-planned, intelligence-led operation on October 28.

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