A 21-year-old serving member of the British Army has been charged with a terror offence and will appear in court later today, the Metropolitan Police said. Daniel Abed Khalife, of Beaconside, Stafford, was charged on Friday over incidents that took place in August 2021 and January of this year. He is accused of attempting to “elicit information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism” at Beaconside in August.
Khalife has also been charged with placing an article “with the intention of inducing in another a belief that the said article was likely to explode or ignite and thereby cause personal injury or damage to property”, on or before January 2.
The serving British Army officer remains in police custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later today.
We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.
For the latest news and breaking news visit: /news
Stay up to date with all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.
Follow our social media accounts here on facebook.com/DailyExpress and @daily_express
