Four German women who joined Islamic State detained in Iraq: report

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Source: Reuters

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JULY 22, 2017 / 8:34 AM / 43 MINUTES AGO

Four German women who joined Islamic State detained in Iraq: report

BERLIN (Reuters) - Four German women, including a 16-year-old girl, who joined Islamic State in recent years are being held in an Iraqi prison and receiving consular assistance, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday.

Lorenz Haase, senior public prosecutor in the eastern German city of Dresden, said he could confirm that the teenager, named only as Linda W., had been "located and identified in Iraq" but that he could not say anything on her exact circumstances.

He said the girl, whom Der Spiegel said comes from the small town of Pulsnitz near Dresden, was receiving consular support from the German embassy.

Der Spiegel said diplomats had visited the four women in a prison at the airport in Baghdad on Thursday and they were doing well given the circumstances. They could face the death penalty in Iraq for belonging to the militant group, the magazine added.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-germany-idUSKBN1A70EC

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1. German girl arrested in Mosul is missing Linda Wenzel, say authorities

Source: The Guardian

German girl arrested in Mosul is missing Linda Wenzel, say authorities

Wenzel disappeared from her home near Dresden last year and is believed to have been fighting for Islamic State in Iraq

Nicola Slawson and agencies
Saturday 22 July 2017 13.10 BST

A German girl who was believed to have been fighting for Islamic State in Mosul when she was arrested last week is the missing 16-year-old Linda Wenzel, German authorities have confirmed.

Wenzel’s parents had been searching for their daughter since she disappeared from her home in the village of Pulsnitz, near Dresden, in July last year. She is thought to have converted to Islam after being groomed on social media.

Wenzel, whom German authorities named only as Linda W, is receiving consular assistance from the German embassy in Iraq. Lorenz Haase, a prosecutor in Dresden, would not confirm reports that the teenager had been fighting for Isis.

“Our information ends with the girl’s arrival in Istanbul about a year ago,” he said.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/22/german-girl-arrested-mosul-isis-missing-linda-wenzel-16

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2. They should spend the rest of their life in an Iraqi prison. n/t