join jihadis in Syria after being brainwashed online.
Yusra described as a grade A pupil who wanted to be a dentist, left
her family home in Bristol to join hardline fighters in the war-torn
country. Yusra, who is thought to have been exposed to Jihadi
propangda on the internet, boarded a flight to instabul under the
noses of police and boarder control officials at Hearthrow.
According to Mailonline:
She is believed to be with a 17-year-old girl from Lambeth, South
London, whom she arranged to meet at the airport, and to have flown to
Turkey in order to enter Syria, where Islamic State fighters control
large areas.
Last night Yusra's distraught family, who are of Somali descent,
begged her: 'Please come back. We miss you very much. You are not in
any trouble. We just want you to be safe and to come home as soon as
possible.'
The teenager has not been seen since 7am last Wednesday when she left
home in the Easton area of Bristol. Her parents thought she was going
to school, but she is believed to have taken a coach to Heathrow.
Her father Mohammed, a youth worker, only realised she was missing
when he went to collect her from school that afternoon. He and his
wife Safiya, a dinner lady, declined to comment further other than to
confirm their daughter was missing. A woman who said she was Yusra's
aunt added: 'We are all really confused.'
A family friend said the teenager, who wears a headscarf, had not
asked for any money and her parents were unaware of any cash she could
have used to pay for her flight - suggesting that whoever recruited
her may also have bought her tickets. Afzal Shah, who spent time with
the
family at their home yesterday, said they had noticed Yusra use her
phone and computer a lot recently.
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