Kurdish forces have rescued a teenage Swedish girl from the Islamic State terror group near the Iraqi city of Mosul, the Kurdistan regional government said on Tuesday.
The Kurdistan Regional Security Council, in a statement, said the counter-terrorism department (CTD) forces rescued the Swedish national - identified as 16-year-old Marlin Stivani Nivarlain from Boras - from a place near ISIS-occupied Mosul city on Feb. 17.
Counter-Terrorism Forces (CTD) rescued a young Swedish National, Ms Marlin Stivani Nivarlain, from #ISIL near Mosul. pic.twitter.com/WRBM0tRK0Y
— KR Security Council (@KRSCPress) February 23, 2016
"The Kurdistan Region Security Council was called upon by Swedish authorities and members of her family to assist in locating and rescuing her from ISIL," the statement said, according to Middle East Online.
Nivarlain reportedly reached Iraq through the Syrian border last year after being radicalized by an Islamic State member in Sweden.
She fled Sweden along with her 19-year-old boyfriend, who was reported to be an ISIS supporter, in May last year. She also gave birth to a child in November, according to Guardian. The information about her infant child has been not revealed.
The teenage girl, who is currently in Iraq's Kurdistan region, will be handed over to Swedish authorities, the Kurdistan regional government further said.
"Swedish authorities were in continuous contact with the girl and organized the operation to rescue her in cooperation with regional authorities," a Kurdish official told AFP news agency.
