A “vulnerable” teenage boy has been sentenced to eight years’ detention for the attempted murder of a Defence Forces chaplain, whom he repeatedly stabbed after he was exposed to radical Islamist ideas online, with the sentencing judge criticising those who argue for light regulation of the internet.

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A “vulnerable” teenage boy has been sentenced to eight years’ detention for the attempted murder of a Defence Forces chaplain, whom he repeatedly stabbed after he was exposed to radical Islamist ideas online, with the sentencing judge criticising those who argue for light regulation of the internet. https://courtsnewsireland.ie/radicalised-teen-who-tried-to-murder-army-chaplain-gets-eight-years-detention/2025/04/29/

3:35 PM · Apr 29, 2025

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