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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Evans

Top Met counter-terror officer warns of children as young as 10 accessing extreme material online

An increasing number of young people are accessing extreme material, according to Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

A top Met officer has warned of children as young as 10 accessing extreme material online amid a rapid increase in “grotesque fascination” with violence.

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans, who is senior national co-ordingator for counter-terrorism policing, said there had been a rise in suspects having a “pick and mix of horror” within their internet search histories.

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