London: Shamima Begum, a British teenager who ran away in 2015 to become an Islamic State (IS) jihadi bride, will be hanged for “terrorism offences” if she comes to Bangladesh, the country’s Foreign Minister has said.
In an interview to Britain’s ITV, Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Abdul Momen said the 19-year-old—who is currently living in the Al-Hol desert refugee camp in Syria —would face the death penalty if she ended up in the South Asian country. She was also stripped of her British citizenship by Home Secretary Sajid Javid in February. Although Shamima Begum is of Bangladeshi descent, the country’s Foreign Ministry denied it.
“If anyone is found involved with terrorism, we have a simple rule. There will be capital punishment. And nothing else. She will be put in prison and immediately, the rule is, she should be hanged,” Momen said. Begum ran away from her London home as a schoolgirl after reading about the IS online.
