EU Highlights Rising Online Youth-Driven Violent Extremism Alongside Ongoing Terror Threat
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, jihadist groups remain a significant security threat in Europe, with 45 terrorist attacks reported last year across 10 EU countries. Authorities are increasingly concerned about a new form of nihilistic violent extremism driven by online youth networks, known as "The COM," linked to over 4,300 URLs. Europol reports 486 terror-related arrests, about one-third under 18, mostly boys. Definitions of this new extremism vary, complicating statistics, while recent incidents include a 16-year-old stabbing in Finland.
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indiatoday broke this story on 8 Sept, 05:38 am. Other outlets followed.