Children at risk of being recruited by hostile states, police warn

Russia and Iran 'trying to recruit British schoolchildren as spies' with counter-terror police urging parents to be 'inquisitive'

British schoolchildren may be targeted by hostile states to carry out acts of surveillance and sabotage, police have warned. Detectives are said to have identified several plots during which teenagers were recruited by agents acting for Russia and Iran to act as criminal proxies.According to Dominic Murphy, head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command, at least one person in their mid-teens has been arrested, and others have been investigat…

Counterterror chiefs issue warning as Russia 'tries to recruit' UK children

The head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said that had "never been a time like now for the scale of the threat we see in state threats".

Russia and Iran ‘trying to recruit children in UK’ for sabotage

Hostile states are trying to recruit schoolchildren to carry out acts of surveillance and sabotage in the UK, the head of the country’s counter-terror policing has warned.

Children at risk of being recruited by hostile states, police warn

Teenagers may be manipulated to carry out acts of sabotage, counter-terror police said.

Russia and Iran trying to recruit British schoolchildren for espionage ...

Britons urged to be vigilant to family at risk of hostile state manipulation

Counter-terror police have warned of a surge in ‘threat to life’ operations.