(Swiss Info) Three minors with suspected links to jihadist extremism have been arrested in French-speaking Switzerland, according to a Saturday report by Swiss public broadcaster RTS.
They are suspected of being active on a social network carrying jihadist content. Two were arrested in Geneva and the third in Vaud, according to announcements made by the police of the two cantons. They were linked to eight other young people arrested in France and Belgium.
On Friday, Geneva police reported the arrest in early March of two minors active on a radical social network, while Vaud police announced the arrest of a 15-year-old Russian national suspected of links with extremist or radicalized movements.
