A 16-year-old German schoolgirlwho ran away from home to join the Islamic State has been captured alongside members of the terror group's all-female police force - some of whom were wearing suicide vests.

It is a shocking scenario, particularly given the fact that Linda Wenzel, who grew up near Dresden, was just a normal European schoolgirl. Her decision to run away and join the terror group seems to have come from the fact that she fell in love with a Muslim man she met online, who persuaded her to join him in Syria.

Her story is, unfortunately, a common one. In 2015, a report found more than 50 young British women had been lured to join the Islamic State - becoming 'jihadi brides' - along with 500 women from other Western countries.