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Children as young as thirteen are showing interest in committing acts of terrorism

September 24, 2020 Terrorist Threat Country: united kingdom

Children as young as 13 are talking about committing acts of terrorism, against a backdrop of rising extremism during the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK’s most senior counter-terrorism officer has warned. Metropolitan police assistant commissioner Neil Basu told MPs on the home[...]

Families push to repatriate children of Canadians who joined the Islamic State

September 15, 2020 ISIL Country: canada

Families of Canadians who left for Syria to support the militant group Islamic State gathered Monday to press for the Trudeau government to repatriate their children. They met with journalists in Montreal on Monday, accompanied by NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice and[...]

Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting children as soldiers and suicide bombers

September 8, 2020 Boko Haram / Terrorist Threat Country: nigeria

The militant group Boko Haram continues to recruit children and use them in battlefields across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, officials and experts say. While it has suffered major military losses in the Lake Chad Basin, the extremist group seems to[...]

Boko Haram terrorist group now recruiting child soldiers

August 13, 2020 Boko Haram / Terrorist Threat Country: nigeria

The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Timothy Antigha, disclosed this in a statement issued from N’Djamena, Chad on Thursday. Antigha said the recruitment of child soldiers by the sect was part of their new strategies following the recent[...]

Two Syrian children killed in Islamic State landmine blast east of Palmyra

August 12, 2020 ISIL Country: syria

Two children were killed when a landmine that had been planted by Daesh (ISIS) terrorists exploded east of Palmyra city. SANA reporter said that the two children were brothers, and they passed away as a result of severe injuries caused by[...]

Teen admits to bomb making planning attack in name of ISIS

July 30, 2020 ISIS Country: united states

A 17-year-old Ontario teenager has pleaded guilty to four terrorism-related offences for trying to encourage and facilitate a bomb attack that was thwarted early last year.

Toy bomb injured five children in the northwestern parts of Pakistan

July 21, 2020 Terrorism / Terrorist Threat Country: pakistan

A bomb resembling a toy injured at least five children on Tuesday in Pakistan's northwest tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The bomb exploded when the children were playing with it in South Waziristan district. Five children aged between six and[...]

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