Ex-jihadi bride asks UK for forgiveness

Updated September 15 2021 - 7:30pm, first published 7:24pm
Shamima Begum, who went to Syria to join the Islamic State group, now wants to return to the UK.
Shamima Begum, who went to Syria to join the Islamic State group, now wants to return to the UK.

A British woman who ran away from home at age 15 to join the Islamic State group in Syria has asked for forgiveness and appealed to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to let her come home.

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