An Italian 'ISIS bride' said a day
after her return to Italy Wednesday that she had made a big
mistake and had not found the Islamic State in Syria to be the
idyllic place she had expected.
"It was a big mistake, the Islamic State in Syria was not the
idyllic place we had expected when we left in 2015, responding
to the call of al-Baghdadi, in fact we wanted to come back,"
said Alice Brignoli, wife of the dead ISIS militant Mohamed
Koraichi, after she was arrested in Syria and brought back home
with her four children, who are to be placed in care.
Saying that she still believed in Islam, Brignoli told
magistrates said she was no longer radicalised and said her
children had not been trained.
The ROS special branch of Italy's Carabinieri police said
Tuesday that it had arrested Brignoli in Syria.
Brignoli was the wife of Koraichi, an Italian with Moroccan
roots who became an ISIS militant.
The couple left Italy to join ISIS in 2015, taking their three
children with them, according to investigators.
Koraichi, who is thought to have died, took part in ISIS
military operations while the ROS said that Brugnoli had an
"active role in teaching the children the cause of the jihad".
She is accused of criminal association for terrorism.
The ROS unit tracked down Brignoli and her four children - she
gave birth to her fourth child in Syria - and have brought them
back to Italy.
Sources said that Brignoli was "extremely happy" to return to
Italy, even though she knew she would go to jail and her
children would be put into care.
"It's a lovely Italian story," Prosecutor Alberto Nobili, the
head of Milan's anti-terrorism pool, told ANSA.
"It highlights the great capacity of the Italian police forces
and the strength of international cooperation".
He added that the children and their mother "will have to be
de-radicalised".
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