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ISIS grooming children like pedophiles: Australian spy boss

Xinhua, September 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Islamic State supporters are seducing Australian youth with the same techniques as pedophilic grooming, the head of the Australia's security agency warned on Friday.

Duncan Lewis, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, told a luncheon in Brisbane there were around 120 young Australians currently fighting with the extremist group in Syria and Iraq.

"The youngest ones we have are down around 14 years of age (and) they are being groomed with a technique that is not dissimilar to child molestation," he said. Endi