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| Teenager admits possessing explosive substances and bomb-making books | Teenager admits possessing explosive substances and bomb-making books |
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| A 16-year-old boy has admitted possessing explosive chemicals and bomb-making books and diagrams. | A 16-year-old boy has admitted possessing explosive chemicals and bomb-making books and diagrams. |
| The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two terror charges and another offence at a hearing at Birmingham magistrates court on Monday. | The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two terror charges and another offence at a hearing at Birmingham magistrates court on Monday. |
| He admitted possessing explosive substances and a host of literature including a book on how to make the explosive semtex. | He admitted possessing explosive substances and a host of literature including a book on how to make the explosive semtex. |
| The boy, who was arrested at his home in Northamptonshire in February last year, admitted possessing the explosive substances – sulphur powder and potassium nitrate. He also admitted possession of numerous books and manuals of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism contrary to section 58(1)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2000. | The boy, who was arrested at his home in Northamptonshire in February last year, admitted possessing the explosive substances – sulphur powder and potassium nitrate. He also admitted possession of numerous books and manuals of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism contrary to section 58(1)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2000. |
| The texts in his possession included: The Terrorist Handbook; The Black Book Companion: State-of-the-Art Improvised Munitions; CIA Explosives for Sabotage Manual; Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents; Home Explosives Workshop; Home-made Semtex; Home-made C4 – a Recipe for Survival and Improved Landmines – Their Employment and Destructive Capabilities. | The texts in his possession included: The Terrorist Handbook; The Black Book Companion: State-of-the-Art Improvised Munitions; CIA Explosives for Sabotage Manual; Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents; Home Explosives Workshop; Home-made Semtex; Home-made C4 – a Recipe for Survival and Improved Landmines – Their Employment and Destructive Capabilities. |
| The list of manuals further included: The Department of the Army's Improvised Munitions Handbook; Improvised Munitions Black Book; Improvised Radio Detonation Techniques; Improvised Weapons of the American Underground; Incendiaries – Advanced Improvised Explosives; Kitchen Improvised Fertilizer Explosives; Ragnar's Detonators; An Anarchist Cookbook – Recipes For Disaster; The Anarchist's Cookbook; Department of the Army Manual – Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques – Incendiaries; The Advanced Anarchist Arsenal; and ZIP's Arsenal of Pipes Improvised Weapons and Pens. | The list of manuals further included: The Department of the Army's Improvised Munitions Handbook; Improvised Munitions Black Book; Improvised Radio Detonation Techniques; Improvised Weapons of the American Underground; Incendiaries – Advanced Improvised Explosives; Kitchen Improvised Fertilizer Explosives; Ragnar's Detonators; An Anarchist Cookbook – Recipes For Disaster; The Anarchist's Cookbook; Department of the Army Manual – Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques – Incendiaries; The Advanced Anarchist Arsenal; and ZIP's Arsenal of Pipes Improvised Weapons and Pens. |
| He also admitted possessing a quantity of prohibited images of children. | He also admitted possessing a quantity of prohibited images of children. |
| Mark Topping, prosecuting, said that since his arrest the boy has been detained under the Mental Health Act in secure accommodation in the West Midlands area. | Mark Topping, prosecuting, said that since his arrest the boy has been detained under the Mental Health Act in secure accommodation in the West Midlands area. |
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