Terrorist outfits prefer to train educated youth, say expert

BANGALORE: Terrorist outfits prefer to recruit educated youth in the name of Jihad as it is 'easy' for them to facilitate scientifically planned attacks, according to an expert.

Since a lot of preparation and 'actual scientific planning' goes into terror attacks, the groups prefer educated youth, Assistant Director of Forensic Science Laboratory Malini said.

The groups brainwash the young, educated minds into thinking that by doing their kind of 'Jihad', they will reach Jannat (heaven), Malini, who is an expert in criminal psychology, said.

"Terrorist groups find it easy to mislead the minds of educated youth in the name of Jihad, which actually means sacrifice life for God in a positive manner and not the way these groups interpret."

Malini said there have been instances when MBAs and doctors were involved in terror attacks in India.

Persons who have been trained by ISI for explosives and weapons in Pakistan for a period of four years have revealed that terrorist groups have different types of training for educated and uneducated youth, she said.

While educated youth are used for preparation of bombs, selection of targets and planting of bombs, it is the uneducated who are mostly used as suicide bombers.

"In the failed UK terror plot, Kafeel Ahmed was not meant to be a suicide bomber. He suffered burns because the mission failed," she opined.