The threat presented by the Islamic State is taking on a new form: child terrorists either directly in contact with or inspired by the militant group. “The amount of Islamic State videos and propaganda aimed at children has really jumped in recent months,” said Daniel Koehler, director of the German Institute on Radicalization and Deradicalization Studies. The boy had been “headhunted” by the Islamic State, officials said, after searching radical websites online. She gouged him in the neck with a kitchen knife, causing life-threatening injuries after being befriended and cajoled by an Islamic State instructor via a text messaging service. All told in Germany, at least 10 minors have been involved in five plots over the past 12 months.

Source: Washington Post February 11, 2017 14:03 UTC