Neil Basu tells MPs of rise in young people interested in terrorism as extremism grows during Covid pandemic
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Children as young as 13 are talking about committing acts of terror, against a backdrop of rising extremism during the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK’s most senior counter-terrorism officer has warned.
Metropolitan police assistant commissioner Neil Basu told MPs on the home affairs select committee that counter-terrorism networks have not recorded a rise in terrorism-related material during the coronavirus outbreak, but interest in extremism is on the rise.
