Female 'jihadist' told parents 'see you on day of judgement'

A privately-educated Scottish woman who travelled to Syria to marry an Islamic State (IS) fighter told her parents she would see them again on the "day of judgement".

Aqsa Mahmood, 20, left her family home in Glasgow last November and called her parents from the Turkish border telling them her intentions to join the radical movement.

Speaking publicly for the first time, her parents Muzaffar and Khalida Mahmood have told of their heartbreak at hearing she does not intend to return home.

Speaking to American broadcaster CNN, Mr Mahmood wept as he recalled his daughter's words.

"One message was that 'I will see you on the day of judgement. I will take you to heaven, I will hold your hand'. That's what she said. 'I want to become a martyr.'"

In an emotional television appeal, following a statement released in the UK earlier this week, Mrs Mahmood pleaded with her daughter to come back.

Aqsa is reported to have encouraged terrorist acts via a Twitter account under the name Umm Layth. The account has since been deleted.