Australian state launches probe into alleged ISIS propaganda in schools

The government in the Australian state of New South Wales has reportedly launched an investigation into prayer sessions at all schools following revelations that students are preaching extremist propaganda in classrooms and playgrounds.

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This decision to audit schools in Australia's largest state, according a Straits Times report, is a follow-up to last week's reports that police were conducting counter-terrorism investigations against radicals inspired by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operating in schools.

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Police has confirmed that a 17-year-old final-year student at Epping Boys High School, a state school in north-west Sydney, is being investigated for promoting extremist views. The student, apparently of Afghan origin, had tried twice to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS in the past two years, according to local media reports.