Shooting range criticised for Shamima Begum target

February 27, 2019   

(BBC) A shooting range in Merseyside has been criticised for using images of IS bride Shamima Begum as a target.

Labour MP Angela Eagle said she was “disapproving” of the use of living people’s faces by Ultimate Airsoft Range in Wallasey.

Ms Begum left the UK at 15 to join the Islamic State group in 2015, and has since had her UK citizenship revoked.

The range said it had responded to requests from customers, with “record numbers” wanting Ms Begum as a target.

Wallasey’s Ultimate Airsoft Range told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme that the range was intended “for people to learn the importance and safety of handling weapons, while having fun.”

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