Nearly 20 British Teenage Girls joined ISIL Group in Syria

KABUL: (Middle East Press) Almost 20 teenage girls escaped Britain to join the ISIL Takfiri group in Syria in 2014, it has emerged.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball said “The stream of young women secretly leaving their families in the UK to live with the ISIL terrorists is a “growing problem” of “real concern”.

The Met’s National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism added that police are in talks with the Government about getting “extra resources” to combat the worrying issue.

Ms Ball told reporters: “about 22 young women have travelled to Syria. And when I say young, all but four of those 22 were aged 20 or younger.

“The last five who’ve travelled were aged 15 and 16.”This is a growing problem and it’s one of real anxiety.”

Her comments came after three schoolgirls from East London left their homes and are believed to have travelled to Syria during February half-term.

It is feared Kadiza Sultana, Shamima Begum and Amira Abase fled in a bid to become ‘jihadi brides’ for ISIS terrorists.

The schoolgirls may have now joined the other 400 British females – many also as young as 15 – already feared to have joined the ISIS, either as frontline fighters or as brides for the terrorists.

Questions have been raised as to whether airlines should do more to prevent young women flying out to Syria.

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