German girl who joined ISIS in Iraq shown screaming in footage of capture

           

The teenage girl from Germany who joined the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Iraq has appeared in a video uploaded to YouTube that shows the moment Iraqi forces captured her in the northern city of Mosul. The mobile phone footage shows 16-year-old Linda W. surrounded by Iraqi soldiers who have battled to liberate the city from ISIS for nine months. Two of the soldiers are holding her arms, and she screams as they shout at her. Iraqi troops have accused her of being a sniper for ISIS.  Newsweek is withholding the girl's identity on account of her age. Iraqi troops discovered Linda W. hiding in a tunnel in the Old City alongside other women who had joined ISIS, as well as an array of weapons. ...

Runaway German schoolgirl faces execution for joining ISIS

This is the moment a German schoolgirl was found hiding in war-torn Mosul having fled from Germany to join ISIS. Jihadi bride Linda Wenzel, 16, was filmed by an Iraqi soldier when she was dragged, filthy, dazed and wounded in her arm, from the former terror stronghold. Footage shows the teenager wincing with pain and screaming as she was led away to a makeshift prison while baying soldiers celebrated her capture. There are reports that she is being detained for questioning over terrorism offences and could face the death penalty in Iraq for being a member of ISIS. Wenzel, who converted to Islam as a 15-year-old schoolgirl in her hometown of Pulsnitz in eastern Germany last year, ran away from ...

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She flew to Istanbul, was smuggled into Iraq, married a Chechen fighter who was killed and ended up in Mosul where an estimated 25,000 Isis volunteers died in the battle to retake the city. In the video two men can be seen escorting Linda who seems to wince in pain from a wound. She looks at the ground and cries miserably as she is led away. Germany is negotiating with Iraqi authorities to get her back to Germany where she faces charges of belonging to and supporting a terrorist organisation. It is unclear exactly what role she performed for the group in Mosul, but if she fought and killed for it she could be staring at a long jail term. One German magazine, citing Iraqi security sources, said ...