Shamima Begum recruiter found ALIVE after being linked to Berlin Pride Attack

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The British jihadi bride who convinced her former classmate Shamima Begum to travel to Syria and join Isis has been discovered alive.

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Sharmeena Begum, 27, was arrested in Syria as part of an investigation into the Berlin Pride attack in July, after police established that she had been in contact with the perpetrator, Abdul Ballout.Sharmeena, who fled Britain as a schoolgirl in 2014, had long been presumed dead by her family.Her father, Mohammed Nizam Uddin, told the Mail on Sunday: "I thought she had been killed in Syria.

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I am relieved that she is at least alive." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Despite sharing a surname, Sharmeena is not related to Shamima Begum.Ballout carried out his assault by driving a van into a crowd of Pride revellers in the German capital before emerging from the vehicle and wielding a machete against bystanders.The rampage killed one woman and left 29 people wounded, ending only when officers fatally shot him after a manhunt lasting 24 hours.The...

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