(MENAFN- Arab Times) A newspaper sting has prevented a 16-year-old girl from traveling to Syria to become a jihadi bride. Britain's Daily Mail reported Friday that the girl had been planning to travel to Syria via Turkey and Switzerland after completing her exams.
The paper says a reporter posed as a teen wishing to travel with the 16-year-old. The girl's older sister reportedly left Britain earlier and allegedly is a recruiter for the so-called Islamic State group. Police have been stepping up efforts to stop the flow of radicalized young Britons to the Middle East. Detectives have been criticized for failing to prevent three 15- and 16- year-old London girls from making the journey this year.
Meanwhile, a British man has been charged with making plans to travel to Somalia to link up with Islamic extremists there. Trevor Mulindwa of south London was charged Thursday with preparing to join the al-Shabab group responsible for a string of terrorist attacks in Africa. The 20-year-old is scheduled to answer the charges Friday in Westminster Magistrates Court. Britain has seen a rising number of terrorist-related arrests in the last year with many Britons traveling to Syria to join the Islamic State group there.
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