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German prosecutors are investigating whether a 16-year-old German girl is among a group of suspected members of so-called Islamic State held in Mosul. She was reportedly among a group of 20 foreigners found by Iraqi troops in a tunnel under the Old City on Thursday. Officials are trying to confirm if she is the same girl who went missing from the German town of Pulsnitz last year. Iraq's government has declared victory over IS in Mosul, although clashes continue in parts of the Old City. The almost nine-month battle left large areas in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than 920,000 others.
Photographs of the girl being detained by Iraqi troops were published by local media over the weekend. The German DPA news agency reported that the group of foreigners were in possession of weapons and explosives belts when they were found. They included five Germans, three Russians, three Turks and two Canadians, it added.
At first, the girl was thought to be Russian, according to the Kurdish BasNews website. A Yazidi family then thought she might be their missing daughter, but that was subsequently ruled out. On Monday night, the Bild newspaper said the girl was believed to be a 16 year old who had gone missing from her home in the German state of Saxony last summer. Shortly before travelling to Syria via Turkey, the girl had reportedly converted to Islam and been in contact with IS members online. She had been under investigation for allegedly preparing for a possible act of terrorism, but prosecutors suspended the probe following her disappearance
Until six months before she fled to join Isil, she had never even travelled by train alone. "I am devastated by the fact that she was apparently completely brainwashed and persuaded to leave the country by someone and that she managed to hide it from me," Mrs Wenzel said last July. When she searched her room, Mrs Wenzel found an Islamic prayer mat and a tablet computer with a second Facebook account they did not know about on it. On this second account Linda was in touch with people in the Middle East and shared messages such as "Pray, the end is approaching".
"At the moment the priority is to determine whether this is Linda W or not. The police will undertake all necessary investigations,” Lorenz Haase, chief prosecutor and spokesman for the Dresden prosecutor's office, told the Telegraph. "If it is confirmed, we would reopen criminal proceedings against her which were set aside. We had set aside the proceedings on the grounds we did not know her whereabouts and she is a minor. She is understood to have been handed over to American troops stationed in Iraq for questioning. Four other German women were also reportedly discovered last week in a tunnel system built by Isil.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – An Ezidi MP from the Iraqi parliament said on Monday that contrary to reports, the woman arrested by the Iraqi forces in Mosul was not an Ezidi but was a German citizen recruited by the Islamic State (IS). Viyan Dakhil, a Kurdish Ezidi MP in the Iraqi Parliament, said the young woman arrested by the Iraqi forces in Mosul’s was not a kidnapped Ezidi despite rumors. Conflicting reports dominated the media when a young woman was arrested in Mosul's Old City. Some claimed she was one of the thousand kidnapped Ezidi women while some other claimed that she was a Russian citizen. Dakhil in a tweet revealed that an Islamic State (IS) sniper had been arrested alongside with other extremists in Mosul and she was from Germany, ending all speculations. Sources from the Iraqi Intelligence confirmed to Kurdistan24 the German identity of the arrested IS member stating that she had been transferred to Baghdad for further investigations without disclosing further details about her identity or health.
originally posted by: SirKonstantin
a reply to: butcherguy
What site? PM me.
originally posted by: Antipathy17
a reply to: skywatcher44
She's German eh?
I wouldn't be surprised if they invited her back to high school to finish her diploma while claiming it'll be great for students to learn another culture.
Wonder if she'll get the Trudeau terrorist retirement paycheck.
I kid.
This woman should be in jail for a very long time, let's see how Merkel's govt handles it. I don't expect they will do the right thing.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: skywatcher44
She is lucky she didn't get the same treatment that I watched in a video over the weekend.
Iraqi Army soldiers were taking ISIS combatants that were captured in Mosul and throwing them off of a cliff, then using them for target practice after they hit bottom.
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
ISIS has members of all races, countries, languages, economic status...I wonder what is the thread that binds them?
originally posted by: Antipathy17
a reply to: skywatcher44
She's German eh?
I wouldn't be surprised if they invited her back to high school to finish her diploma while claiming it'll be great for students to learn another culture.
Wonder if she'll get the Trudeau terrorist retirement paycheck.
I kid.
This woman should be in jail for a very long time, let's see how Merkel's govt handles it. I don't expect they will do the right thing.