This would be funny if it wasn’t sad.
According to BBC, a young muslim boy in Lancashire, England was questioned by police after he mistakenly referred to his “terrorist house” during an English lesson.
The boy, who has not been named in the media, had meant to say “terraced house.”
Teachers in the United Kingdom are legally required to report anything that arouses their suspicions, so the police were called to interview the child.
Speaking to the BBC, the boy’s cousin said:
“You can imagine it happening to a 30-year-old man, but not to a young child,” she said. “If the teacher had any concerns it should have been about his spelling. They shouldn’t be putting a child through this. He’s now scared of writing, using his imagination.”
The story has shades of Ahmed, the young Muslim man in America who was arrested by police after a clock he made himself and brought into school was mistaken for a bomb.
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