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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maira Butt

Boy, 11, referred to ‘chilling’ government’s anti-terror scheme for making joke during fire drill

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Amnesty International has slammed the UK government’s anti-terror scheme as “chilling” after an 11-year-old boy was referred to it for making a joke during a fire drill.

The boy, named Zain in the human rights charity’s damning report on the programme, was reported to Prevent after he said he hoped the school would “burn down”.

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