French teenage girl planned to join ISIL

PressTV – French teen detained over attempts to join ISIL Takfiri terrorists

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Takfiri ISIL militants wave a flag and hold up weapons as a vehicle drives on a newly cut road through the Syrian-Iraqi border, June 2014.

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French security officials have arrested a 14-year-old girl and placed her under investigation for allegedly planning to go to Syria and join Takfiri ISIL militants.

The teenager was detained in France’s northwestern region of Quimper on Wednesday and later moved to Paris, where she is being questioned, Radio France Internationale reported on Friday.

Quimper deputy prosecutor Bérengère Prud’homme said the detainee is suspected of wanting to wage militancy, certainly in Syria, or possibly a terror attack.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said the girl risks up to five years in a juvenile prison if the investigation leads to an indictment and conviction.

The unnamed girl was in contact with two other teens, a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old, on social networks, and they were all allegedly planning together to travel abroad and join militancy in Syria despite living in three different regions of France.

French security services estimate that more than 900 people have either left the country to operate against the government in Syria, are on their way or hope to go.

A recent intelligence report has revealed that terrorists from over 81 countries are currently inside Syria operating against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

New York-based intelligence firm, the Soufan Group, estimated in June that at least 12,000 terrorists from 81 countries, including some 3,000 European nationals, are fighting in Syria.

Other media accounts estimate that higher numbers of foreign mercenaries are involved in the Syrian war, including over 2,000 Europeans and 100 Americans.

Takfiri ISIL terrorists have been committing horrific crimes against innocent civilians since the outbreak of the crisis in Syria in March 2011.

ISIL terrorists have been behind many of the deadly bomb attacks targeting both civilians and government institutions across Syria over the past three years. They have also mass executed hundreds of people in Iraq and Syria.

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