BERN (AFP): Swiss police are investigating an 11-year-old boy believed to have been radicalized by extremists – the youngest person ever to be involved in such a case in Switzerland, media reported Friday.
Swiss broadcasters RTS and SRF reported that police in the southern Swiss canton of Wallis had questioned the boy in June.
He was questioned in connection with “racist and discriminatory content” posted on social media, they said, citing the cantonal juvenile court.
The child reportedly admitted to having had contact with people involved in extremist movements abroad.
The court had not identified the extremist movements in question.
Prior to this case, extremist cases on record in Switzerland have never involved anyone younger than 14, the broadcasters reported.
Wallis authorities have reportedly opened a juvenile case against the child, whose nationality was not divulged.
The juvenile court had stressed that the level of radicalization had yet to be established and that the boy enjoyed the presumption of innocence.
