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  Covid-19 lockdown increased extremist material online creates ‘perfect storm

  Posted by Unknown Member on 19 November 2020 at 3:04 am

  The UK’s top counter-terror cop has warned that more young people were being drawn towards terrorism with an increased extremist presence online and Covid-induced isolation contributing to a surge in Islamic radicalization.

  The head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK, Neil Basu, said on Wednesday that the country is facing a heightened threat of terrorism and that Covid-related isolation was fueling a surge in Islamic radicalization, particularly among young Muslims.

  He claimed the current conditions were the “perfect storm” for radicalization and that we may see repercussions for many years.

  Basu, who is also the assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, claimed that there was an alarming rise in the number of young people being drawn towards terrorist activity.

  The police chief revealed that 1,500 children under the age of 15 had been referred to the counter radicalization program known as Prevent over the past 18 months. During that period 17 children, some as young as 14, were arrested on terrorism charges.

  “That is a relatively new and worrying trend in the UK, because just a few years ago we were not seeing anyone that young among our casework,” Basu added.

  The majority of UK authorities’ work on counter-terrorism is still centered on the Islamist extremist threat.

  The counter terror officer also announced the launch of a new website, Act Early. This initiative seeks to provide guidance to people who think someone they know is at risk of radicalization.

  Earlier in November, the country’s terrorism threat level was raised from “substantial” to “severe” as a “precautionary measure” following a number of terrorist attacks in France and Austria.

  Once again the police remain clueless about how to deal with Islamic radicalization after decades of appeasement to terrorists in the UK. Left wing policies, illegal immigration and open borders have created this situation, and still are!

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