After his arrest, investigators found the 12-year-old had been gorging on videos of decapitation and torture, including 1,739 jihadi videos and bomb-making tutorials.

The boy’s descent began with Quran searches and led to encrypted chats and ultraviolent propaganda from extremist groups like Islamic State. French prosecutor Paul-Edouard Lallois warned he risked becoming a “completely dehumanized soldier.”

Across Europe, minors are increasingly appearing on terror radars, with France’s anti-terror unit charging 19 minors in 2023 alone.

Extremist content is just a click away, with radicalization sometimes beginning through violent pornography or a fascination for gory images, leading to jihadi decapitations.

  • Cruxifux
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    23 days ago

    Aw come on mods, don’t remove this guys comments. Let everybody see.

    • Ogmios
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      -13 days ago

      You kidding? Mods around here don’t allow things that challenge the orthodoxy too succinctly.

      • Cruxifux
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        12 days ago

        What a funny way to phrase that with the argument you’re trying to make. You just have absolutely no self awareness, do ya pal?