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Suspected 16-year-old wannabe jihadist arrested en route to Syria | |
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A 16-year-old girl suspected would-be jihadist has been arrested at Nice airport in southern France as she apparently tried to reach Syria after a tip-off from Turkish Airlines. | A 16-year-old girl suspected would-be jihadist has been arrested at Nice airport in southern France as she apparently tried to reach Syria after a tip-off from Turkish Airlines. |
A 22 year-old-man – already under police surveillance as a suspected jihadist recruiting agent – was also arrested later in Nice. He is believed to have given the girl money to buy a plane ticket to Turkey. | A 22 year-old-man – already under police surveillance as a suspected jihadist recruiting agent – was also arrested later in Nice. He is believed to have given the girl money to buy a plane ticket to Turkey. |
Turkish Airlines tipped off the French authorities after the girl, who has not been named, bought a ticket to Istanbul with cash on Saturday. The airline was apparently unconvinced by the girl’s claim that she was travelling to Turkey to visit her grandmother. | Turkish Airlines tipped off the French authorities after the girl, who has not been named, bought a ticket to Istanbul with cash on Saturday. The airline was apparently unconvinced by the girl’s claim that she was travelling to Turkey to visit her grandmother. |
French authorities reportedly contacted the girl’s father who said he had no idea that she planned to leave the country. She was arrested before she could board her flight. | French authorities reportedly contacted the girl’s father who said he had no idea that she planned to leave the country. She was arrested before she could board her flight. |
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement that border police at Nice airport arrested the girl on Saturday, before her departure "for jihad". | Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement that border police at Nice airport arrested the girl on Saturday, before her departure "for jihad". |
Thousands of foreign fighters, many from Western Europe, have joined extremist Islamist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, according to US and European intelligence estimates. | Thousands of foreign fighters, many from Western Europe, have joined extremist Islamist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, according to US and European intelligence estimates. |
About 800 young French Muslims, some as young as 14, many of them girls or young women, are believed to have travelled to the two war-torn countries to join the so Islamic State or other jihadist groups. | About 800 young French Muslims, some as young as 14, many of them girls or young women, are believed to have travelled to the two war-torn countries to join the so Islamic State or other jihadist groups. |
France's Muslim community is the biggest in the European Union, at five million. | France's Muslim community is the biggest in the European Union, at five million. |
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