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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Jess Glass & Ryan Merrifield

Shamima Begum’s mother says ‘world fell apart’ after daughter fled to join ISIS

Shamima Begum ’s mother has told a court her “world fell apart” when her daughter left home to travel to Syria and align with the so-called Islamic State (IS).

Ms Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into IS-controlled territory.

Her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.

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