Teenage girl charged with 'arranging to receive weapons from Isis' for UK terror attack

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The teenager, who cannot be named because of her age, is suspected of “marrying” an Isis fighter in Syria online and arranging to receive weapons, including hand grenades and a gun to be used in the planned attack. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said she was also suspected of “receiving instructions on how to train and use weapons” and “reached out to another” for assistance in executing the plan. “Detectives are searching an address in Lambeth where they have seized a number of media devices.” The investigations come amid warnings that Isis is increasingly seeking to incite global terror attacks as it loses swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, including the city of Mosul. “Progress on the ground in Syria and Iraq does not necessarily translate into a reduction in threat here.” She said most recent atrocities in the UK were mounted by “homegrown” extremists “acting in small groups or apparently alone,” adding: “The bulk of this domestic threat seems to be from those who are inspired by overseas networks, though there have undoubtedly been some who have been more directly enabled by them.” Isis propaganda has been consistently calling for supporters to launch atrocities, if a Europe-wide clampdown on travel to its territories makes it impossible for them to reach the so-called Islamic State.