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Former schoolboy's internet-fuelled radicalisation documented

A Deutsche Welle report outlines the subject's transition from violent school behaviour to a firm Islamist stance, highlighting a conflicted personality and online radicalisation.

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Abdul Ballout war erst 21 Jahre alt, als er die Terrortat in Berlin beging. Mit diesem Foto wurde in den Stunden danach in der Hauptstadt nach ihm gefahndet

The report notes that the individual displayed violent and conflictual behaviour while at school, and in early adulthood adopted a firm Islamist stance. It describes the subject as having a conflicted personality and states that the radicalisation process was driven mainly through the internet.