TWITTER Linda W was captured in Mosul

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The 16-year-old girl, identified as Linda W from the small town of Pulsnitz near Dresden, is being held in an Iraqi prison and receiving consular assistance along with four other German women She fled a year ago after flying from Frankfurt to Turkey before making her way to Syria. German broadcasters NDR and WDR and newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said they had interviewed Linda W. in the infirmary of a military complex in Baghdad and she told them she wanted to leave.

Celebrations in Mosul, latest pictures Tue, July 11, 2017 Iraq declares victory over Islamic State in Mosul, three years after the militants seized the city Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 40 Members of the Iraqi forces celebrate in the Old City of Mosul

TWITTER The schoolgirl is said to want to come home

I just want to go home to my family Linda W

She said:"I just want to get away from here. I want to get away from the war, from the many weapons, from the noise." "I just want to go home to my family." The teenager reportedly said she regretted joining ISIS, wanted to be extradited to Germany and would cooperate with authorities. They said the girl had a gunshot wound on her left thigh and another injury on her right knee that she said was caused during a helicopter attack. She added: "I'm doing well." German prosecutors said last week they were checking reports that a 16-year-old under investigation for supporting Islamic State was among five women arrested in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where Iraqi forces declared victory over Islamic State earlier this month.

TWITTER Linda W was unhappy at home and joined Islam

Authorities in Germany, who listed her as a potential terror suspect after her disappearance, confirmed they are examining the photos of her captured in newly liberated Mosul to determine it is actually her. She was among 20 Islamic State followers seized after the city fell following a ten month battle which left 25,000 Jihadists dead and Iraq's second largest city a sea of devastation. Linda W. was unhappy at home and turned to Islam.

TWITTER The girl was caught in a tunnel system in Mosul