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A 17-year-old in Wales was accused last month, planned a knife attack to have. Including an attack on fans at the first Reunion concert by Oasis, the “Times” reports.
“Places to attack”: List on the cell phone
According to the adhesions, the teenager (whose name was not published due to his age) told a consultant last month that he wanted to carry out a “Rudakubana-like attack”-based on Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old, who was guilty, three young girls last summer with a dance lesson with Taylor Swift motto in Southport, England.
The teenager is said to have told friends of the possible plan to commit an attack at the Oasis concert on July 4 in Cardiff. The public prosecutor said that he had also researched his school as a possible goal. In addition, he saved a note on his cell phone under the title “Places to attack”, in which a nearby dance school was listed, among other things.
In addition, the public prosecutor said that the teenager researched how to get a big knife online. He had sent a friend a photo of a knife for sale. And asked: “Would that work?”
The suspect’s alleged wish to imitate the attack by Southport, according to the indictment, went beyond talking to the consultant. So he researched and saved pictures of Rudakubana. The victims of Southport mocked on Snapchat. As well as Rudakubana praised and in chats with others expressed his wish to commit a similar attack. The suspect is said to have saved the same al-Qaida training manual on his cell phone that Rudakubana had with him.
Family raised the alarm
The suspect’s family expressed concerns about his behavior, which led to the appointment with the consultant. A person with whom he had written on Snapchat reported to the police. Another police report followed after talking to the consultant.
Despite the present evidence, the prosecutors could ultimately not accuse the suspect’s planning of a terrorist attack. Because he did not pursue an ideology that, according to British law, is considered terrorism. Instead, he was charged with the possession of a document useful for terrorist purposes. An accusation that he has now granted. (Rudakubana was convicted of a similar offense that was simple in his overall penalty of 52 years. Including 18 months for the document.)
A date for the verdict in the case of the teenager is still pending.