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German Police Arrest Sharmeena Begum Linked to Berlin Attack
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- German authorities arrested Sharmeena Begum in a Syrian hideout for alleged links to the Berlin Pride attack.
- Begum, 27, disappeared from Bethnal Green Academy in December 2014 and later messaged Abdul Ballout, the van driver.
- Ballout, who killed one woman and injured 29, was shot dead by police the day after the attack.
- German police passed Begum’s number to western intelligence, prompting her capture and a possible Syrian trial with execution risk.