Man found guilty of sharing and possessing Islamist terrorist material
A man has been found guilty of sharing terrorist videos and having information about plastic explosives.
A bomb-making manual was discovered on the telephone of Shuja Gibraeel Mohsin, 20, as well as a so-called Islamic State execution video he had sent to an online contact, the Metropolitan Police said.
A USB stick also showed Mohsin had been viewing material and joined various chat groups linked to extreme Islamist groups, including the Taliban, Hamas and IS.
Mohsin, of Mitcham, south-west London, was found guilty on Friday at the Old Bailey of possessing a document likely to be of use to a terrorist and two counts of disseminating terrorist material.
Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said: “Our investigation showed that Mohsin was being drawn into extremist and terrorist material and ideologies from when he was only 14 or 15 years old.
“This is reflective of a growing trend and concern over children and young people being radicalised and accessing extremely dangerous and violent terrorist ideologies and material online.”
She urged parents and carers to try to be aware of what children were doing on the internet.
The force said Mohsin’s phone was seized when he was stopped in January 2024 by counter terrorism officers at Heathrow airport as he returned to the UK from a trip to Pakistan.
Mohsin was arrested in March 2024 and his computer was also seized.
He made no comment to police when he was further arrested in July 2024 and questioned about some of the material found on his devices.
He will be sentenced on August 14.
Published: by Radio NewsHub