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Via porn, gore and ultra-violence, extremist groups are sinking hooks online into the very young

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Via porn, gore and ultra-violence, extremist groups are sinking hooks online into the very young.

Counterterrorism agencies are grappling with a new generation of attackers, plotters and acolytes of extremism.

Some are appearing on police radars only when it’s already too late, as they’re carrying out an attack.

For some kids, the process starts with violent pornography or fascination for gory images.

From there, more clicks can lead to grisly murder videos from Mexican drug cartels.

Some start “to imagine who they would attack, how they would go about it, doing actual reconnaissance, hunting for a weapon,” official says.