Mother IS-fighter: "I'm selfish, but I prefer that my son is gone '

The mother of a Brussels jihadis, who departed on his 18th to Syria and also died, testifies on how her son was recruited. "I hate recruiters," said Geraldine Henneghien. "They have the courage not attempt to go to Syria, but they do have the courage to send young people there."

"Anis was a friend of everyone. He was a very normal boy, he told jokes every day," says Geraldine Henneghien. "If something went wrong at school, he always said, 'I need help' That was my son.."

In 2013 changed Anis. He went to a new mosque, prayed five times a day and was often embroiled in discussions about the Koran with his father. In January 2014 he traveled to Syria, never to return.

"He told me once," Mama, I want to come back to Belgium, so please buy me a ticket to somewhere else ', "says Geraldine to CBSN. "I told him I would buy a ticket to where he wanted. Two hours later he called me and he said he would never come back and that he would stay with his brothers."

According to Geraldine IS listened to the calls from her son, so that they could intervene if he wanted to leave. "Some say that it is easy to leave. I'm not. It's not easy to return," said Geraldine.

A year after his departure, Geraldine got the news that her son was deceased. "I'm glad he's dead, because I could not sleep when he was there. I thought every day about him and wondered what he was doing. I'm selfish, but I prefer that my son is no more is. "

The full documentary will be aired tonight at 2pm on CBSN

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