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Our daughter jumped from fourth floor to avoid wedding terrorist - family reveals after girl commits suicide

Family says ISIS held the girl for five days

The family of a teenage girl who jumped from the fourth floor of building in Eastleigh say their daughter was escaping from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) agent after five days of captivity.

The 16-year-old (name withheld for her safety), is recovering at a city hospital following serious injuries she sustained when she jumped from the fourth floor of a motel where she had been help by a suspected ISIS operative named Ahmed Ali, according to records at the boarding place.

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