Photo: AFPThe Local · 14 Sep 2016, 09:36Published: 14 Sep 2016 09:36 GMT+02:00France's first deradicalization centre is set to open before the end of the month, and will aim to free those who have been convinced by the ideology of jihadism. The Pontourny centre is located in Beaumont-en-Véron in the Indre et Loire department of central France. "These are individuals who are at a breaking point in their identity, who hold hate speeches against the West," Amélie Boukhobza, psychologist and expert on jihadism, told the channel. The head of the protesters said that while he wasn't so worried about the people inside the centre, he was concerned that the centre itself could be a target for Isis. Hundreds of radicalized individuals have left France to fight jihad in the Middle East, with authorities increasingly concerned about those who have returned home.

Source: The Local September 14, 2016 08:15 UTC