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Sunday, 13 January 2019

Saudi teenage girl, 18, touches down in Toronto wearing CANADA hoodie after fleeing family over threats they would kill her for rejecting Islam

The Saudi 18-year-old girl who fled her family fearing they would kill her after she rejected Islam has arrived in Toronto.


Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun garnered support around the world this week as people learned how she had barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family.


Her family deny any abuse, but Ms al-Qunun refused to meet her father and brother who arrived in Bangkok to try and fetch the teen. 


Instead, she took a Korean Air flight from Bangkok to Seoul on Friday and then a connecting flight to Toronto.  



Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun arrives at Pearson International airport in Toronto, Ontario

She was pictured wearing a UN Human Rights cap and 'CANADA' hoodie as she was met by officials

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland greeted Ms al-Qunun, after she landed in Toronto on Saturday morning

Ms al-Qunun walks through sliding doors as she beams alongside officials at Toronto Pearson

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