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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

Met Police send letters to London schools warning parents about kids becoming radicalised over summer

Child using a laptop (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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The Metropolitan Police has warned parents to look out for signs of radicalisation as children spend more time online during the summer holidays.

Detective Jane Corrigan, from the Met’s counter-terrorism command and lead officer in the anti-extremist Prevent programme, sent a letter to schools in London last week warning parents about the risks of children encountering those seeking to “draw them into extremism”.

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