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National
Samantha Lock

Extremists using online gaming platform to recruit kids

Children as young as 12 are being targeted by extremists via online gaming platforms. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian kids as young as 12 are being targeted by extremists who are infiltrating online gaming platforms, with a rising number of children being investigated for radicalised ideologies.

Ideologically and religiously motivated extremists are seeking out new supporters online to coerce them into undertaking violent extremism for their cause, the Australian Federal Police has warned.

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