Poster girl for Islamic State 'killed for trying to escape'

26 November 2015 - 02:38
By ©The Daily Telegraph

An Austrian teenager who became a poster girl for Islamic State has reportedly been beaten to death by the group after she was caught trying to flee Syria. Samra Kesinovic, 17, was murdered after she was caught attempting to escape from Raqqa, Islamic State's self-declared capital in Syria, according to reports in two Austrian newspapers.

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