Belgian Police Arrested Teen Pledging to Kill All Christians

Case information
Incident date
Country
Belgium
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Islamist
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Insult or Incitement

The 17-year-old boy was filmed declaring in Arabic, “Oh Allah, destroy the odious Christians. Oh Allah kill them all.”

The video shown on a French website depicts the teen saying, “Don’t spare any of them.” The film was shot in Verviers.
Souhaib Amaouch, the son of a local radical imam, El Alami Amaouch, was arrested in Verviers along with his parents on August 21st. A judge ordered him to be held in a youth protection institution. His father was expelled from Belgium.

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