A Bury teenager has been charged as part of an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North West.
The organisation is one of 11 regional police counter terrorism units across the UK, which works with MI5 and the Crown Prosecution Service to confront and disrupt terrorism.
Muhammad Zakir Arif, of Harrington Close, Bury, has been charged with multiple offences following an investigation by the unit.
The 18-year-old was charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of strangulation or suffocation, two counts of possession of a bladed article in a public place, and two counts of breaching a Section 49 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act order – which compels someone to disclose their electronic data access.
Arif has been remanded to appear before Westminster Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, February 14), according to Greater Manchester Police.
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