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Woman who fled to Syria with children 'a nice person'
A mother-of-two, Rehana Begum Islam, is believed to have gone to Syria with her two young children, to join Islamic State.
Reporter Sima Kotecha spoke to a friend of Mrs Islam, who she described as a nice person but said she was depressed. She showed Sima around Mrs Islam's house and spoke to her about her friend.
Mrs Islam reportedly left her house in Enfield in the middle of the night with her eight-year old son and three-year old daughter, leaving her husband of 14 years.
"She said she's going to Wales, she needed a break... she left with small luggage... like a weekend thing," said.
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