UK Teacher Jailed for Trying to Recruit ‘Army of children’ for Attacks

UK Teacher Jailed for Trying to Recruit ‘Army of children’ for Attacks
Umar Ahmed Haque is seen in an undated booking photograph handed out by the Metropolitan Police in London, Britain Mar. 2, 2018. Metropolitan Police handout via REUTERS
By AFP
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LONDON—A British supporter of Islamic State who tried to recruit over 100 children into an “army” of jihadists to carry out a wave of attacks across London was jailed for a minimum of 25 years, the BBC reported on March 26.

Umar Haque, 25, showed the children beheading videos and other violent militant propaganda, forced them to re-enact deadly attacks on the British capital and made them role-play attacking police officers.