A Bulgarian court on Tuesday (January 3rd) ordered the extradition of a Dutch woman suspected of trying to join the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) in Syria last month, AFP reported.
The 33-year-old woman was detained on a European arrest warrant upon entering Bulgaria through a border checkpoint with Turkey on December 21st.
She is wanted by the prosecution in the Dutch city of Eindhoven after police found a handwritten letter at her home saying she was leaving to join ISIL in Syria.
A Turkish patrol intercepted the suspect and turned her back before she could cross into Syria, according to the court in the southern town of Haskovo.
Bulgaria, which shares a land border with Turkey, is a key crossing point for Europeans heading to join ISIL fighters in Syria or Iraq.
