British schoolgirl 'marries Australian Islamic State fighter in Syria'

London

A British schoolgirl who fled to Syria to join Islamic State (ISIL) reportedly married a notorious Australian-born fighter, reports say.

Amira Abase, 16, left the UK in February with two of her friends and was tracked down to Raqqa earlier this month.

According to reports, she has married Abdullah Elmir, one of the youngest Western fighters in ISIL.

Known as “the Ginger Jihadi” due to his hair colour, he fled Sydney last year for Syria and has appeared in several of the terror group’s propaganda videos.

Elmir sent a message to a newspaper confirming he had married Abase.

He also threatened to carry out attacks in the UK, saying “brothers that I know there… are itching to do an attack.”

“This is a direct threat,” he added.

Communicating with a newspaper via an encrypted text message service, Elmir also praised the gunman who killed 38 tourists, including 30 Britons, in Tunisia two weeks ago.

“May Allah bless the man who slaughtered those filthy kuffar [infidels] and May Allah grant him the highest level in Jannah [Paradise],” he said.

Police were reportedly investigating the threat made by Elmir.

"Until we put the black flag [of IS] on top of Buckingham Palace, until we put the black flag on top of the White House, we will not stop, and will keep on fighting," he said in the video.

It appears he and Abase married in March.

 News of the marriage comes as it emerged that Seiffedine Rezgui, the gunman who carried out the massacre in Tunisia, trained in Libya with Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a “Jihadi John” , the British ISIL fighter who has appeared in several of their executuon videos beheading Western hostages.

According to reports, Emwazi and Rezgui were at the same training camp in Sabratha near the Tunisian border at the same time.