13-Year-Old London Boy Arrested on Islamist Terrorism-Related Charge

The New Scotland Yard logo is displayed on a revolving sign outside the Curtis Green Building, the new home of the Metropolitan Police in London on Feb. 22, 2017. Jack Taylor/Getty Images

The Metropolitan Police arrested a 13-year-old boy on Tuesday after he allegedly shared extreme Islamist material online.

The boy was arrested in west London on suspicion of dissemination of terrorist material.