(Brussels Times) Belgian authorities will start cooperating more closely to better share information in the fight against radicalisation and extremism among minors, announced Flemish Minister for Justice and Enforcement Zuhal Demir (N-VA).
The number of minors involved in terrorist activities is on the rise, according to recent figures from State Security and the Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA). According to the administrator general, as many as one-third of those seeking to commit acts of terrorist violence are minors. Last year, the youngest person in these files was 13 years old.
Now, the Flemish Agency for Adolescence has signed a cooperation agreement with CUTA. “This agreement has come at the right time, given the increasing number of minors involved in such cases,” said Demir.
