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ISIS bride Shamima Begum flees from Syrian refugee camp with newborn after a bounty is placed on her head

Her lawyer has confirmed that Shamima was moved to another refugee camp close to the Iraqi border after there were safety concerns around her and her baby.

BY AKSHAY PAI

UPDATED MAR 1, 2019

ISIS bride Shamima Begum has had to flee her refugee camp in Al-Hawl after she received death threats due to her constant presence on media asking for the UK to allow her to return. She has been moved to a new camp close to the Iraqi border.

According to The Sun, after the 19-year-old gave a series of interviews complaining about her treatment in the Al-Hol camp in northern Syria and became a "celebrity," the other jihadi wives were angered at her seemingly disgracing their cause. They subsequently put a price tag on her head, resulting in her and her newborn son, Jerah, being moved to the Al-Roj refugee base.

Renu Begum, eldest sister of Shamima Begum, 15, holds her sister's photo as she is interviewed by the media at New Scotland Yard, as the relatives of three missing schoolgirls believed to have fled to Syria to join Islamic State have pleaded for them to return home, on February 22, 2015, in London, England. Police are urgently trying to trace Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase after they flew to Istanbul in Turkey from Gatwick Airport on Tuesday (Source: Laura Lean - WPA Pool/Getty Images)