(Age) A week before Year 12 exams, Abshir heard an unexpected knock on his front door.
The Canberra student’s family say he was confronted by two Australian Federal Police officers who were responding to a tip-off from his teacher. The teacher was concerned the young Muslim man was at risk of radicalisation.
The warning signs?
The teenager wrote an essay about Muslim terrorists and western intervention. He also travelled to the Horn of Africa to donate sporting equipment to needy children as part of a compulsory volunteering subject.
While the investigation was eventually dropped and the student was never charged, the experience left him shaken and affected his grades.
