French police question 8-year-old boy for 'justifying terrorism'

An 8-year-old boy in the southern French city of Nice has been questioned by police for expressing support for the gunmen who killed the Charlie Hebdo journalists. On French social media, #Ahmed8ans (Ahmed, 8 years old) was trending most of the day, with many feeling the boy's school should have dealt with the matter, not the police. The French education minister has expressed support for the school principal, however.

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