US EditionInverclyde teenager who planned mass murder by setting fire to mosque given 10-year sentence
The 17-year-old was radicalized from age 13 via social media, inspired by far-right extremists, and arrested before setting fire to the Inverclyde Muslim Centre mosque during worship.
- A 17-year-old male was sentenced on August 21 at the High Court in Glasgow for planning a mass murder attack by setting fire to the Inverclyde Muslim Centre in Greenock.
- The youth, radicalised online from age 13, shifted his initial plan from a school bombing to attacking the mosque after infiltrating its community and deceiving the imam.
- Police arrested him on January 23 while he carried an airgun, aerosol cans, and other weapons in a camouflage rucksack outside the mosque, following intelligence and a thorough investigation.
- Judge Lord Arthurson imposed a 10-year custody sentence with an 8-year extended supervision period, calling the planned attack a "quite diabolical atrocity," while the teenager expressed extremist views online.
- Police Scotland praised local officers for swiftly preventing a serious terror act driven by racial and religious hatred, maintaining community safety as a priority amid deeply disturbing offences.
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Teen caught with airgun jailed over 'deeply disturbing' mosque attack plan
The extremist was carrying a camouflage military style rucksack as he tried to gain entry to the building. Inside the bag, officers found a German-manufactured glock-type air pistol, ammunition, ball bearings, gas cartridges and aerosol cans.
·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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