Boy, 15, pleads guilty to inciting terror attack on ANZAC Day parade

A British teenager has pleaded guilty to inciting terrorism by encouraging a terror attack on an ANZAC Day parade in Australia. The 15-year-old admitted encouraging another teenage Islamic State militant group supporter to murder police officers. He was said to have exchanged thousands of instant messages with 18-year-old Sevdet Besim in March 2014. In one message, the teenager told Besim: “Suggest you break into someone’s house and get your first taste of beheading.” The attack never came to fruition.

Suggest you break into someone’s house and get your first taste of beheading.

Boy’s message to Australian teenager

The boy, from Blackburn, England, pleaded guilty via video link at Manchester Crown Court. Sentencing was adjourned when the judge Mr Justice Saunders requested reports to determine whether “indoctrination” played any part in the boy’s case. “I want some assessment of how and why it occurred and what measures could be taken in order to reverse that process,” he said. “Dealing with someone of this age is an extremely difficult sentencing process and I will need all the help I can get.” Anzac Day, held on 25 April each year, commemorates the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps’ World War One battle in Gallipoli.

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