Justice Secretary: We will seize kids from extremists

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The number of children being groomed in the Islamic State “death cult” is one of Britain’s “great challenges” and more will have to be removed from their families, the Justice Secretary said today.

David Gauke said manipulative parents were trying to brainwash their sons and daughters, adding: “Society has got the right to say that there are some environments that are not safe.”

Those who groomed their children “in pursuit of a radical agenda” could not be left in charge of families, he said.

Mr Gauke also told the Standard that he was preparing the prisons system to cope with an influx of returning British jihadis in the coming months.

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