I Was A Dumb Kid, Let Me Come Home Begs Begum
Daily Express|June 16, 2021
Jihadi bride Shamima Begum yesterday insisted: “I don’t think I was a terrorist, I think I was just a dumb kid.”
Michael Knowles
I Was A Dumb Kid, Let Me Come Home Begs Begum

Begum, 21, with painted finger nails, a Nike cap and skinny jeans has begged to come home.

And she said she does not need to be rehabilitated. The schoolgirl from Bethnal Green, east London, claimed she was brainwashed by extremists when she left the UK aged 15 and travelled to Syria in 2015.

Asked what she would say to those back in Britain, Begum replied: “Can I come home please, pretty please?”

This story is from the June 16, 2021 edition of Daily Express.

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