(BBC) The lawyer representing Shamima Begum’s family has written to the home secretary accusing UK authorities of failing to protect the east London girl from being “groomed” by Islamic State.
The letter accuses police and her local council of failing to safeguard the teenager, who left for Syria in 2015.
The government stripped Ms Begum of her UK citizenship in February — a decision her family has said it will appeal.
The Home Office said it “does not routinely comment on individual cases.”
The lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, said Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision was a “politically-driven abuse of power” to try to further his “own personal political objective” of becoming prime minister.
