Swiss probing 11-year-old over extremist posts: Media

The child allegedly admitted to having had contact with people involved in extremist movements abroad. They could be Islamist and Jihadist groups.

The Swiss police arrested an 11-year-old boy suspected of radicalization in early June, in the canton of Valais, learned the Swiss media RTS from the Sion Juvenile Court. According to the investigation, the context of radicalization appeared to be clearly jihadist and Islamist. He is the youngest person arrested on this specific charge in Switzerland. His nationality has not been made public. Also according to the juvenile court, the canton poli…

Police in Switzerland have put under their microscope an 11-year-old boy who was allegedly radicalized by Islamic extremists, the police reported today.

The child was questioned by the Swiss police. His nationality and his level of radicalization have not been communicated.

Swiss probing 11-year-old over extremist posts: Media

BERN (AFP): Swiss police are investigating an 11-year-old boy believed to have been radicalized by extremists – the youngest person ever to be involved in such a case in Switzerland, media reported Friday. Swiss broadcasters RTS and SRF reported that police in the southern Swiss canton of Wallis had questioned the boy in June. He was questioned in connection with “racist and discriminatory content” posted on social media, they said, citing the c…

An 11-year-old boy who was allegedly radicalised by Islamic extremists has been put under the microscope by Swiss police, the country's public broadcaster reported today. This is the newest... Switzerland: 11-year-old under investigation for contacts with jihadist organizations - NAUTEBORIKI