Boy shared beheadings video clip

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The child, who has not been named, was reported by his school in West Yorkshire after he was found circulating horrifying video clips of terrorists beheading Westerners.

Sick films were distributed to classmates on their mobile phones, prompting his teacher to contact the authorities. The 12-year-old is now being handled under a scheme known as the Channel Project.

Three police forces are piloting the initiative in a bid to build links with the community, including Muslims, and gather information about possible extremists.

West Yorkshire Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison will reveal more details about the project at the Association of Chief Police Officers' annual conference in Liverpool.

Sir Norman said: "The white child that we are working with has been downloading Jihadist beheading videos and circulating them around school.

"That was bad enough, but he also has an unnatural interest in guns and weapons. He had come to our attention and we are working with him and his father and his school."

The Chief Constable said the project, which is being operated by his own force, the Metropolitan Police and Lancashire Police, had been operating for nine months.

The number of suspects so far uncovered was "higher than expected", he added.

Already 124 people have been referred to the police and other agencies for attention by schools, community leaders, mosques and others. Sir Norman admitted none of the 124 has been prosecuted so far because officers are attempting to avoid using anti-terror laws against anyone identified by the scheme.