SYDNEY , Australia - A mother has abandoned her two children and fled
to Syria for a new life under the Islamic State group, media reported Tuesday,
becoming one of more than 100 Australians who have joined the jihadists.
The Australian government said it was deeply disturbed by the report and that it was monitoring the situation closely.
The Sydney Daily Telegraph said Jasmina Milovanov, a
26-year-old Muslim convert, left her children, aged five and seven, with a
babysitter earlier this month and never returned.
It cited her ex-husband as saying she sent a text message
telling him she was in Syria.
Milovanov is Facebook friends with former Melbourne woman
Zehra Duman, who is known in Australia as the “jihadi bride recruiter” and uses
social media to entice women to join the militant group.
Duman’s husband Mahmoud Abdullatif was reportedly killed fighting with the Islamic State group earlier this year.
Friends of Milovanov, cited by the Telegraph, said she had
often talked about marrying a jihadi fighter.
New South Wales state police confirmed its counter-terrorism
unit was investigating.
Source: AFP
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