54 students abandoned university to join terror groups

At least 54 university students have abandoned their studies to join terrorist groups in the past two years.

The majority of them – 44 – joined the groups last year but this year only 14 have fled, a police report reveals.

The decline in the number of terror recruits has been attributed to various counter-terrorism strategies by the Government.

 

”Most of the successes from current counter-terrorism efforts are largely due to close working relations between security agencies and members of the public who voluntarily share information with security personnel,” says the…