- The
father of Amira Karroum, killed in Syria after joining islamic
extremists, says he will sue the Australian government for his
daughter's death
- Ms Karroum was shot alongside her husband, a known al-Qaeda fighter, in an ambush earlier this year
- 'I want an apology, that's number one, for killing my daughter,' he says
Published:
14:13 GMT, 12 December 2014
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Updated:
01:58 GMT, 13 December 2014
The
father of Australian jihadist Amira Karroum, who was killed in January
after joining her radicalised husband and al-Qaeda fighters in Syria,
says he plans to sue the Australian government for his 'angel's' death.
During an explosive interview with Channel Nine's A Current Affair
program on Friday, Mohamed Karroum says he blames Australian
authorities for his daughter's death because they allowed radical
Islamic recruiters into the country and they 'allowed her to leave'.
In one shocking comment, an angry Mr Karroum tells journalist Lisa Goddard:
'I'm
praying to the Lord every day, Tony Abbott, please Lord, let him lose
one of his daughter, either in sickness or in accident or something,
please Lord.'
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Amira Karroum (pictured) was killed in January after joining her radicalised husband and al-Qaeda fighters in Syria
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Educated at an Anglican private school
in Queensland, Amira Karroum became a devout Muslim, donning the hijab,
after moving to Sydney with her sister in 2011
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In an interview on Channel Nine's A
Current Affair program, a grieving Mohamed Karroum says the Australian
government has his daughter's blood on its hands
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott (middle) with his two daughters Frances (left) and Bridget (right)
'The
Australian government is the mother and father of her, they are the ones
who control everything in this country,' Mr Karroum told A Current
Affair.
'I want to take the federal government to court; they are responsible for the death of my daughter.'
Amira,
22, described by her father as a 'beautiful girl' who loved barbecues
and dancing with her friends, was in war-torn Syria with her new
husband Tyler Perry, also known as Yusef Ali.
The
pair met and married in 2013, before Ali travelled to fight with
al-Qaeda in Syria. After the Australian government stopped Amira from
trying to leave the country on two occasions, she told family she was
going to meet Ali for a vacation in Copenhagen.
Her body was found shot and dismembered beside her husband's in a house in Aleppo, just three weeks after she left Australia.
Mohammed Karroum recalled the last message his daughter sent him shortly before her death.
'Please
Dad, pray to Allah and ask him to forgive you for the days, for the
years you have not prayed for him, death is around the corner Dad. I
love you,' he recalled.
He says he 'just can't believe' his daughter became an al-Qaeda fighter.
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Mohamed Karroum says Yusef Ali, a known extremist, 'poisoned' his daughter's mind
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One of the posts from Amira's Facebook page, where she said she worked as a 'Slave of Allah'.
Mohamed Karroum believes Ali was a trained al-Qaeda killer who was known to Australian authorities.
'I
believe she was sacrificed because they were trying to take somebody to
court, and they knew she would lead them to him,' he said.
'The Australian Federal Police and ASIO are not doing their job, this is the fact.'
He is now looking for a lawyer to help him take the federal government to court.
'I want an apology, that's number one, for killing my daughter.'
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