Shamima Begum: Isis bride and baby son 'move refugee camps after death threats'

'She and her child had been threatened by others at the Al-Hol camp,' Begum family lawyer says

Shamima Begum and her newborn baby have been moved from a Syrian refugee camp after they were “threatened”, her family’s lawyer has said.

Tasnime Akunjee said the teenager and her son were removed from the Al-Hol camp in the north of the country due to “safety concerns around her and her baby”.

Ms Begum, who has been stripped of her UK citizenship but wishes to return, has received death threats since opening up about her plight, The Sun reported.

The 19-year-old, who fled from Bethnal Green in east London to join Isis as a 15-year-old, has said she regretted speaking to the media and wished she had kept a low profile.

The mother and her baby are said to have since been moved to another camp nearer to the Iraqi border.

Mr Akunjee told the newspaper: “I can confirm that it is our understanding that Shamima has been moved from Al-Hol due to safety concerns around her and her baby.

“We further understand that indeed she and her child had been threatened by others at the Al-Hol camp.”

The development comes after British officials ruled out any effort inside Syria to extract Ms Begum and her child.

Home secretary Sajid Javid stripped her of her British citizenship in an effort to block her return.

Ms Begum’s family have pleaded for the mother and her child to be allowed to come back to Britain.

They say the teenager should face justice if she is found to have broken the law by travelling to Syria.

Additional reporting by PA