Youngsters may be more impressionable in their search for a sense of identity, purpose and belonging, said the ISD. Read more at straitstimes.com.
through online discussion groups and games.
The groups have also disseminated their ideological beliefs through video games, using in-game communication features to recruit vulnerable gamers and tapping gaming culture to increase their reach to younger people. They were both in contact with 18-year-old Muhammad Irfan Danyal Mohamad Nor through an extremist social media channel.after he planned to stab and kill non-believers, in dark alleys here.
ISD said on Tuesday: “The cases involving Irfan and the two youths demonstrate yet again that extremist ideas continue to find resonance among Singaporeans.”The two teenagers are being rehabilitated. ISD officers will engage the youth regularly to guide them and assess their rehabilitation progress. ISD psychologists will address the non-ideological factors that made them vulnerable to radical influences. These include their lack of critical thinking in evaluating information that they consumed online, and their permissive attitudes towards violence.For the 16-year-old, an aftercare officer works with his family to ensure he has the support needed to stay on track with his rehabilitation.
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