London schoolgirl, 17, who fled Britain to join ISIS ‘dies in Russian airstrike in Raqqa’
A BETHNAL Green schoolgirl who fled to Syria with two classmates is thought to have been killed in an airstrike.
Kadiza Sultana, 17, is believed to have been killed by a bomb dropped on her Raqqa home from a Russian plane, reports.
Sultana left her East London home in February 2015 to join ISIS with pals Amira Base and Shamima Begum.
She had been living in Raqqa and it is thought the teenager died earlier this year in the terrorist group's stronghold city.
Sultana's friends Base and Begum were just 15-years-old when they fled to ISIS through Turkey.
The trio became some of the group's most infamous recruits after CCTV images of the girls going through Gatwick airport security.
Sultana abandoned her A-level studies after becoming radicalised online and fled the UK.
The 17-year-old's family said the youngster had quickly become disillusioned with life in Syria and was hoping to make a return to the UK just days before she was reportedly killed.
Halima Khanom, Sultana's sister, told ITV earlier this year: "Things have changed. The way she used to communicate with me.
"The way she used to talk about things has totally changed.
"Up until now. She's scared of being there."
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Before her death Sultana could be heard expressing her fears in a recorded phone call to her sister.
She said: "I don't have a good feeling, like I feel scared.
"You know the borders are closed right now, so how am I going to get out? I am not going to go through PKK [Kurdish forces in Syria] territory to come out. I am never going to do that, ever."
Straight after the phone call Halima said: "She sounds very terrified.
"She did get very emotional there as well. It feels... I feel really helpless. What can I do? It's really hard. I don't think she's ever made a choice by herself."
Sultana's death remains unconfirmed but it is believed she was inside the residential building when it was destroyed.
Her family were told by other people living in Raqqa.
Halima told ITV: "We were expecting this in a way. But at least we know she is in a better place.
"We do not wish her name to come up in the headlines again... She is gone and we would like to respect her wishes."
All three of the girls' families made public appeals for the girls to come home and for information on their whereabouts after they fled unexpectedly.
It is thought all three girls married jihadis who were fighting for the ISIS.
Sultana's husband, an American national of Somali origin, was killed last year.
The girls were among 800 Brits believed to have fled the UK to join ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
It is thought 250 of those have since returned.
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