Germany’s top spy warns the country faces ‘massive danger’ from ‘brainwashed’ ISIS women and children returning from Syria
The country lost about 1,000 citizens and Europe up to 15,000 to Islamic State
Women and teenagers who left for Iraq and Syria are now returning home
So far there is little sign of any surviving male jihadi fighters coming back
By ALLAN HALL
DAILYMAIL.COM
3 December 2017
The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned of the ‘massive danger’ posed by returning ‘brainwashed’ Islamic State women and children.
‘There are children who have undergone brainwashing in the Isis areas and are radicalised to a great extent,’ said Hans-Georg Maassen.
Maassen, head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution – Germany’s equivalent of MI5 – added: ‘We are already observing the return of some women and adolescents.
‘This is a problem for us because these children and adolescents in particular can be a danger.
‘We also know that there are women one can rightfully call Jihadists after living for years in IS areas where they identified strongly with IS ideology.’
He said not all were returning home intent in perpetrating terror but insisted: ‘We must keep an eye on these women.’
Germany lost around 1,000 of its citizens to the Islamic State cause in Iraq and Syria, Europe as a whole is estimated to have lost 10,000 to 15,000 people.
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