Teenager Sentenced for Terrorist Material | Manchester News

A 20-year-old British man, Muhammad Zakir Arif, has been sentenced to three years in prison for possessing terrorist material—including bomb-making tutorials and videos glorifying the Manchester Arena bomber. Authorities uncovered the content via his iCloud account, aided by U.S. partners. At 17 and 18, he confessed to wanting to travel abroad to carry out attacks, messaging his family about it. Despite claims of youth and ADHD/autistic traits, the judge found no direct link to mitigate his actions. He’ll serve two-thirds of his sentence, followed by a year of supervised release—counter-terrorism police say his attempts to conceal extremist behavior only worsened his punishment. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/02eebd980c540f1f