Child threatens prime minister online

A 10-year-old boy from the village of Rijssen has had his computer confiscated by police for threatening prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende, local newspaper TC Tubantia reports on Wednesday.


The boy left the message ‘kick Jan Peter Balkenende’s ugly head off’ on the prime minister’s page of the Hyves social networking site.

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