Segregated UK a 'breeding ground' for home grown Jihadists - Police chief

Isolated communities, segregation and unregulated schooling in the UK are a "breeding ground" for extremism and future jihadists, a counter-terrorism police chief has warned.

Segregated UK a 'breeding ground' for home grown Jihadists - Police chief

Isolated communities, segregation and unregulated schooling in the UK are a "breeding ground" for extremism and future jihadists, a counter-terrorism police chief has warned.

Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Neil Basu said there was a "definite problem" of second-generation Britons who became radicalised through the "very toxic combination" of isolation and extremist online content.

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