Kuwait – The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution referred 12 high school students to trial for state security crimes, for joining the terrorist organization ISIS and encouraging others to join it and spread its ideas.
An informed source explained to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas, “Some of these events were discovered through investigations with members of terrorist cells who were recently arrested, while others were discovered through individual cases, following they were monitored by the Ministry of Interior as being involved in belonging to the terrorist group.” They were subjected to intensive investigations and were charged with state security crimes.”
The source confirmed that “investigations proved that these juveniles announced, through clips and blog posts, their support for the terrorist group ISIS, and incited their peers to affiliate with this ideology.”
The source pointed out that “some of the defendants in terrorist cells who are currently on trial were discovered to be communicating with juveniles to deceive them, as they were telling them in messages via social media sites, ‘The fairies are waiting for you… leave the social media sites and hurry to the committee.’”
The source said, “The defendants sought to recruit students and juveniles to believe in their terrorist ideas and assist them in their criminal plans to harm the state,” stressing that “many of the juvenile students refused to submit to the terrorist cells and quickly informed their families regarding them, and those who submitted reports to the Ministry of the Interior regarding this, and these juveniles were excluded.” From any accusation.”
He stressed on parents “the necessity of monitoring their children, following up on what they publish on social media sites, discovering any criminal deviation, and being careful of everything prohibited by the law, stressing the danger of neglecting to monitor children.”
He stated that the Public Prosecution investigated 51 state security cases last year, 2023, including cases of incitement and calls to join criminal and banned terrorist groups, and other cases, noting that “juvenile cases are expected to contribute to an increase in the percentage of these cases during the current year, 2024.”
Source: Kuwaiti “Al-Qabas”.
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2024-04-09 17:49:48
