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| 'Opportunities missed' to stop brothers' Syria deaths | 'Opportunities missed' to stop brothers' Syria deaths |
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| Opportunities were missed to spot the radicalisation of two teenage British Muslim brothers who died fighting in Syria in 2014, a report has found. | Opportunities were missed to spot the radicalisation of two teenage British Muslim brothers who died fighting in Syria in 2014, a report has found. |
| Agencies had insufficient knowledge and understanding of minority and faith groups, a serious case review said. | Agencies had insufficient knowledge and understanding of minority and faith groups, a serious case review said. |
| Abdullah and Jaffar Deghayes were in a child protection plan before 2010, the report by a senior social worker said. | Abdullah and Jaffar Deghayes were in a child protection plan before 2010, the report by a senior social worker said. |
| But the review found their radicalisation was a "total shock and surprise" to authorities in Brighton. | But the review found their radicalisation was a "total shock and surprise" to authorities in Brighton. |
| 'Professional helplessness' | |
| Abdullah, 18, and Jaffar, 17, were both killed having followed their older brother, Amer, to Syria to fight for an Al-Queda-affiliated jihadist group. | Abdullah, 18, and Jaffar, 17, were both killed having followed their older brother, Amer, to Syria to fight for an Al-Queda-affiliated jihadist group. |
| Both boys had suffered bullying and racism, and had reported physical abuse by their father. | Both boys had suffered bullying and racism, and had reported physical abuse by their father. |
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| The report by Edi Carmi said the brothers were taken out of the child protection plan in 2010 because there was professional "helplessness" among social workers about what else to do. | |
| The report said this was expressed by some workers as having "no tools in the toolbox". | |
| It concluded that professionals often lack "effective ways to intervene in families who have suffered long-standing trauma". |