How a 10-Year-Old Boy Was Forced To Join ISIS | Investigators

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How did a family from Indiana end up in the heart of the ISIS caliphate? And how did a 10-year-old American boy end up being forced to build a suicide vest for ISIS propaganda?

Josh Baker from the BBC investigates the shocking story of Samantha Sally and her son Matthew. Baker recalls how he tracked them down in Syria, and asks whether Sam was tricked into going by her husband Moussa, or whether she went willingly.

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