Community leaders worry about increased radicalization risk after arrest of youth in Ottawa
Though the details surrounding the most recent arrest in Ottawa remain unknown, community leaders and experts say they’re worried the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has led to an uptick in antisemetic and Islamophobic hate, and risks increased radicalization of youth.
The RCMP in Ottawa announced Saturday they had arrested a youth and charged them with two offences, one relating to knowingly “instructing, directly or indirectly, a person to carry out a terrorist activity against Jewish persons.” Police have not released additional information due to the person’s age.
But the RCMP did take the opportunity Saturday to note what they described as a concerning trend in online radicalization, including the arrest of five youths for terror-related offences since the summer.
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