4 year old boy who mispronounced ‘cucumber’ threatened with counter-terrorism program

rt.com

A four-year-old Asian boy who mispronounced “cucumber” as “cooker bomb” was recommended for a de-radicalisation programme by staff at a UK nursery, the boy’s family has said.

According to the child’s mother, who has not been named, workers at the Luton-based nursery raised the suggestion after the boy drew a picture of a man with a large knife cutting the vegetable.

Alarmed at the sight of the knife, staff asked the child what he was drawing. They heard the child call it a “cooker bomb,” misinterpreting the boy’s words as a type of improvised explosive device, when in reality it was a mispronunciation of“cucumber,” the BBC reported.

With a legal obligation on teachers and public service workers to report concerns of extremist behaviour to authorities, staff suggested to a local panel of police and social services that the young boy be considered for the government’s de-radicalisation initiative, Channel.