Two younger males have been charged with terrorism offenses following an investigation by the Met's Terrorism Command into suspected hyperlinks to far-right exercise.
Rex Clark, 18, of Ilford, east London, and Sofija Vinogradova, 19, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, have been each charged with making ready acts of terrorism. Committing or making ready a terrorist act.
Each have been remanded in custody and can seem at Westminster Magistrates' Court docket on Friday.
The Metropolitan Police mentioned the fees weren’t linked to the nationwide riots that adopted the Southport assault.
Ms Vinogradova was first arrested on August 4 at an tackle in Cheshunt on suspicion of possessing a firearm and accumulating info that may very well be utilized by a terrorist, police mentioned.
She was taken to the police station earlier than being launched on bail pending a search of the property and additional enquiries.
On August 10, he was arrested once more with Mr Clarke at an tackle in Cheshunt.
Additional searches have been then carried out at a Cheshunt tackle and an Ilford tackle.
Costs have been laid on Thursday following liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service.
Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the power's counter-terrorism unit, mentioned: “These are very severe allegations, however I might urge the general public to not speculate additional about this case right now and to permit the legal justice course of to proceed unhindered.
“Whereas we’re unable to remark intimately on the investigation now that these allegations have been made, I wish to guarantee the general public that we don’t imagine there’s any broader risk related to this investigation. It is rather a lot ongoing.
“I might additionally wish to make it clear that our investigation into this matter isn’t the results of the nationwide chaos following the horrific occasions in Southport.”