Teenage UK boy charged for alleged Australia terror plot
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British authorities on Thursday charged a 14-year-old boy with terrorism offenses in connection with an alleged plot to attack a war memorial ceremony in Australia.
The Crown Prosecution Service said the boy, who has not been named for legal reasons, allegedly incited another person to carry out an attack at a Veterans' Day parade in Australia with the aim of killing or causing serious injury to people.
The boy is also alleged to have incited someone to carry out a beheading in Australia.
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The boy was charged with two offenses of inciting terrorism overseas and is due to appear in a London court on Friday.
Police said the boy was arrested on April 2 after officers discovered communications between him and a man in Australia.
Five Australian teenagers were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of plotting an Islamic State group-inspired attack at an ANZAC Day ceremony in Melbourne. Police said evidence suggested that the plot involved attacking police officers.
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ANZAC Day is the annual April 25 commemoration of the 1915 Gallipoli landings -- the first major military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.