Belgium police arrest youth over threats to kill Christians

  22 August 2016    Read: 1188
Belgium police arrest youth over threats to kill Christians
The Brussels authorities have detained a teenager who threatened to kill Christians, local media reported Monday.
Seventeen-year-old Sohaid and his parents were arrested by the federal police on Sunday after they had returned from holiday in Morocco, accordion to the RTL broadcaster.

Sohaid`s arrest comes after a video surfaced earlier in August on the Internet which depicted him in the streets of the city of Verviers, threatening to murder Christians.

The family is said to have shown no signs of resistance when apprehended by the police.

Sohaid`s dad, who is an imam, is reportedly a Dutch national has earlier faced deportation for his sermons deemed radical.

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