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Pupils ‘will use the Easter break to join jihadists in Syria’: Senior prosecutor warns headteachers are failing to tell the police about pupils who are at risk
Nazir Afzal (pictured) said schools were worried about pupils travelling to the war-torn country over the Easter break
- Nazir Afzal said schools were worried about pupils travelling over holidays
- But schools protecting teenagers because they do not want them placed under investigation, he claims
- About 600 Britons are believed to have joined Islamic State since 2013
Headteachers are failing to inform the police about would-be jihadi pupils at risk of travelling to Syria, a senior prosecutor has said.
Nazir Afzal said schools were worried about pupils travelling to the war-torn country over the Easter break but were protecting teenage students as they do not want them placed under investigation.
Mr Afzal, who stood down yesterday as chief crown prosecutor for northwest England, said the leaders of two London state secondary schools had told of him more than a dozen male and female pupils whose parents believed they were ‘groomed and seduced’ by Islamic State.
However, police have not been told of the families’ concerns as the schools do not want their pupils to be criminalised.
Mr Afzal told The Times: ‘One head said he was being approached almost on a daily basis by parents who fear their kids are about to go to Syria.
