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Does radicalisation start with the family or start online?

A 17 year old from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire is believed to have become Britain's youngest suicide bomber. Talha Asmal is thought to have blown himself up in Iraq in an Islamic State attack. His family are naturally devastated and think he was groomed online by extremists, who "preyed on his innocence and vulnerability". They say he never showed any radical views. So, are you shocked that a seemingly normal teenager from a seemingly normal family has turned to jihad like this?

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