Swiss probing 11-year-old over Islamist posts: media

(AFP) Swiss police are investigating an 11-year-old boy believed to have been radicalised by Islamic extremists — the youngest person ever to be involved in such a case in Switzerland, media reported Friday.

Swiss broadcasters RTS and SRF reported that police in the southern Swiss canton of Wallis had questioned the boy in June.

He was questioned in connection with “racist and discriminatory content” posted on social media, they said, citing the cantonal juvenile court.

The child reportedly admitted to having had contact with people involved in extremist movements abroad.

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