Somali youth are at the frontline of Britain’s war on terror. The security services are targeting and infiltrating their community and pressurizing young Somalis to spy on each other.
The government believes that some young Somalis are going to fight for the al Qaida-affiliated al Shabaab group. And they fear they might come back to the British mainland to commit terrorism.
But are the security services casting their net too wide? Are they radicalizing a whole community by their aggressive coercion tactics? And what will be the consequences?
Roshan Muhammed Salih investigates…
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