The report claims that as many as 50 children from the UK are growing up with jihad propaganda in the ‘caliphate’ The children of foreign fighters living in Isis territory in Syria and Iraq are being trained to become the “next generation” of terrorists, Europe’s law enforcement agency has warned. The terror group advertises its use of children as fighters and suicide bombers , as well as featuring children, including a four-year-old British boy, as executioners in its gory propaganda videos. There are concerns the number of young boys forced into Isis ranks will increase as young children taken to live in its territories or born to “jihadi brides” grow up. Boys have been shown shooting prisoners dead at close range and beheading them In its annual report on terrorism in the European Union, Europol said children raised under the group’s rule are of “particular concern”. “In their propaganda, Isis has often shown that they train these minors to become the next generation of foreign ter...
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