12-year-old child investigated by counter-extremism ‘Police’ after officials at his school reported him to the ‘Prevent’ programme. The school suggested that the child was at risk of being ‘radicalised by the Far Right’ as he said he was gay-not queer, and that he had an unhealthy interest in ‘weapons’.
The child had posted a video of himself with a ‘Toy wooden crossbow’. The Toy, sold by English Heritage is decribed as “completely harmless but lots of fun, this replica crossbow is a great way of getting kids outside in the fresh air, for ages 7 years and over”.
Counter terror officers – who visited the boys home – raised concerns that the Jewish boy harboured ‘extremist views’ as he said that ‘Hamas’ (the Gaza-based terror group) should be wiped out. Concerns were also raised over comments he made to school bullies, that he wanted to ‘exterminate’ them , despite claims that school bullies asked if he was going to the gas chamber and gave Nazi salutes.
The boys mother said the school and Prevent officers were guilty of double standards, claiming anti-Semitic incidents at the school were not dealt with in the same way.
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