White supremacist content grips teens plotting attacks in Southeast Asia

When police detained an Indonesian teenager accused of bombing his high-school campus in Jakarta in November, he had a life-size toy rifle inscribed with “welcome to hell” and the names of white supremacist mass killers.

The November 7 attack, which injured 96 people, may have been the first in the country inspired by white supremacists but police fear it won’t be the last.

At least 97 youths – the youngest just 11 – are being monitored after coming ​under the influence of content glorifying mass violence and white supremacists spread largely on messaging app Telegram, Indonesian police told Reuters in March.

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