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Joanna Palani, 23, claims to have killed more than 100 militants after giving up her studies to travel to the Middle East to fight ISIS. She also allegedly freed a group of women and children who were being held as sex slaves by ISIS militants.

FACEBOOK•INSTAGRAM Joanna Palani has suffered since returning from her fight against Daesh

I live in one of the best countries in the world but I am hungry and homeless and freezing cold in bed at night, even though I am working full time Joanna Palani

However, since returning to Denmark she has been forced into hiding and claims she is “seen as a terrorist”. Ms Palani told MailOnline: “I was willing to give up my life and my freedom to stop ISIS advancing, so that everyone in Europe can be safe. This was my choice. “But I am seen as a terrorist by my own country.”

FACEBOOK Ms Palini once boasted that ISIS fighters were 'easy to kill'

She added: "I live in one of the best countries in the world but I am hungry and homeless and freezing cold in bed at night, even though I am working full time. “I don't trust anyone."

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In December, Express.co.uk reported that Ms Palani had been jailed after violating Denmark’s “foreign fighter rule” after she fled her homeland in 2014 to fight alongside the Kurds in the Middle East. The sniper is of Iranian-Kurdish ancestry and says she chose to fight alongside the Kurds “for the human rights of all people”.

INSTAGRAM Ms Palini even spent time in jail after her return from Syria