One of the British twin sisters who have travelled to Syria to become jihadi brides was caught looking at an extremist-linked image on her school computer six months before she fled the country , it has emerged . Salma Halane , 17 , downloaded a photograph of ISIS fighters in December 2013 , using a computer at Connell Sixth Form College in Manchester . When teachers found out , she told them she was trying to find her brother who had gone to Syria . Terror : Salma Halane , left , looked up an image of ISIS fighters online six months before she travelled to Syria with her twin sister Zahra , right . Six months later , Salma and her twin sister Zahra fled to the war-torn country , where they are believed to have married jihadist fighters from the bloodthirsty terror group . The ISIS-related photograph which Salma viewed online was spotted by teachers when they were reviewing pupils ' internet usage . The school says that she was twice spoken to by staff about the picture , and advised to talk to her family about her worries over her brother , while teachers subsequently discussed the issue with her parents . However , staff did not tell the police of any concerns about the girl . After the twins disappeared in June last year , the school handed all their internet browsing records over to anti-terrorism investigators to help them track Salma and Zahra down . School : Connell Sixth Form College discovered the image on one of its own computers . Jihad : This picture of female ISIS fighters was shared by Salma on her Twitter feed after she went to Syria . A spokesman for Bright Futures Educational Trust , which runs the college , said there was no reason not to believe Salma 's explanation for why she was viewing the image . She added : 'As part of the college 's daily routine we review all internet browsing records . We promptly challenge students on anything that stands out during that review . 'In December 2013 we discovered that Salma Halane had viewed an image on a mainstream news website in the hope of spotting her missing brother . Our priority was her emotional wellbeing , and we recommended she speak to her mother about her concern for her brother and the college followed this up . 'Once it became clear that the girls had travelled to Syria , we handed over all computer records to the Counter Terrorism Unit ( CTU ) . These were reviewed and nothing was discovered that caused them concern . ' Training : Another image sent out by Salma appears to show women in burqas being taught how to shoot . An education source told the Manchester Evening News that the school should have done more to intervene after they saw that Salma had been looking at terror-related content online . ' I have no doubt whatsoever that if someone at the college had followed this up with Salma , she would still be in this country , ' the source said . ' I think there should have been a real concern that she was becoming radicalised . ' Salma and Zahra were among the first pupils at Connell Sixth Form College , which opened as a State-funded free school in September 2013 . The twin girls , from the Manchester suburb of Chorlton , had 28 GCSEs between them and were hoping to become doctors before they ran away to join ISIS . Their parents tried to travel to Syria to bring the girls back home , but were unable to persuade them to leave the war zone . A number of British schoolgirls are believed to have left the country to become jihadi brides - last month , three teenagers from East London abandoned their families and travelled to Syria .
Salma ##ine looked up a photograph of extremist fighters on school buses . When staff at Connell Sixth school College found out they spoke to the police but did not warn the police . The 17-year - old had told staff she was trying to find her sister , who had travelled to prison . Six months later she fled to live with her twin sister Zahra .