'If anyone is found to be involved with terrorism. We have a simple rule. There will be capital punishment. And nothing else,' Bangladeshi official warns
ISIS bride Shamima Begum could be hanged for terrorism offences if she goes to Bangladesh, the country’s foreign minister has declared
The 19-year-old – who left the UK to join Isis in Syria in 2015 – was stripped of her British citizenship by the home secretary, Sajid Javid, in February.
Now the Asian country’s chief diplomat Abdul Momen has said the teenager – who is currently living in the al-Hol desert refugee camp in Syria – would face the death penalty if she ended up there.
Ms Begum ran away from her Londonhome as a 15-year-old schoolgirl after reading about Isis online. She was one of three friends to do so. The other two are believed to have died in Syria.
Since the terror cult’s collapse last year, the teenager – who has had three children who all died in Syria – has been living in refugee camps. She has expressed her wish to return to the UK.
Bangladesh is currently hosting an estimated 1.1 million Rohingya refugees after they fled over the border to escape persecution in their native country.
The British government has not responded to the comments.
