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German girl regrets joining Daesh

July 25, 2017
 Linda, 16-year-old girl from the small town of Poulsnits near the eastern city of Dresden, Germany.
Linda, 16-year-old girl from the small town of Poulsnits near the eastern city of Dresden, Germany.



Mosul — A German teenager who joined Daesh says she regrets joining the organization and wants only to return to her family in her country, media reported on Sunday.

Four German women joined Daesh in recent years, including a 16-year-old girl from the small town of Poulsnits near the eastern city of Dresden, Germany, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.

It was confirmed that the teenager was named Linda, who was recently found in Mosul.

Reports said they that the girl was questioned at a military complex in Baghdad when she said she wanted to leave.

“All I want is to get away from here,” the media quoted her as saying. “I want to get away from the war, the many weapons and the noise. I just want to go back to my house ... to my family.”

They added that the teenager told them that she regretted joining Daesh and wanted to be handed over to Germany and that she would cooperate with the authorities.

They said the girl was shot in the left thigh and had another injury to her right knee that she said was hit during a helicopter attack. — Al Arabiya English


July 25, 2017
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