Two teenagers who became poster girls for the jihad in Syria are now desperate to come home after becoming disillusioned with life in the war-torn country.
Samra Kesinovic, 17, and Sabina Selimovic, 15, who grew up in Vienna, were told by preacher Ebu Tejma at a local mosque about the evils of their lifestyle. Clerics persuaded the teens to head to Syria and take part in the holy war.
The two had lectured classmates about their behaviour and were suspected of a vandalism attack at school that called for jihad.
In April they left a note telling their parents: "Don't look for us. We will serve Allah - and we will die for him." But when they arrived, they were married off to local fighters. At least one is now believed to be pregnant. Police in Austria said the teens' social media accounts were taken over to broadcast fake messages about their new lives, and they had been used to encourage other women to head to Syria.
Security service insiders have told Austrian media the two have managed to contact their families to say they want to come home.
