Reviews under way after 13-year-old autistic boy with Islamic State fixation targeted in undercover operation
by Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6JCJ9)
Under questioning from David Shoebridge, AFP deputy commissioner says police didn't intend to further radicalise boy known as Thomas Carrick
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The Australian federal police have confirmed there are multiple reviews being conducted into an undercover counter-terror operation which targeted a 13-year-old autistic boy with a fixation on Islamic State, as calls grow for a public inquiry into the case.
Guardian Australia revealed on Saturday that the boy, known by the pseudonym Thomas Carrick, was granted a permanent stay on terror-related charges last October, after a magistrate found police further radicalised him during the operation and doomed" his efforts at rehabilitation.
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