A 16-year-old girl has been convicted of stabbing and wounding a police officer in Germany at the behest of Islamic State.

The Celle state court said the girl, identified only as Safia S under German privacy regulations, was sentenced to six years in prison, according to reports.

The German-Moroccan dual citizen had travelled to Istanbul a year ago hoping to reach Syria. She was brought back by her mother - but not before IS members tasked her with conducting an "act of martyrdom" in Germany, prosecutors said.
She stabbed the police officer with a kitchen knife in Hannover's main train station last February.

Safia S, who was aged 15 at the time, was arrested at the scene.

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