Mother Sues France Over Jihadi Bryan's Departure

The mother of a young Frenchman who converted to Islam and went to join jihadist fighters in Syria is suing the state for failing to stop him leaving the airport of his Riviera home town of Nice. Bryan Dancona, from a Catholic family, left Nice two days after celebrating Christmas with relatives at the end of 2013, and is now in Syria. Nadine Dancona is seeking 110,000 euros on the grounds border police at Nice airport should have stopped a minor, Bryan was 16 at the time, for questioning when he turned up with no personal belongings other than his identity papers for a flight to Turkey, a staging post for people traveling into war-torn Syria. If she wins her case, the money will be donated to a group involved in combating terrorism, her lawyer Samia Maktouf said.