Daesh Terrorist Had Wounds Treated, Received Social Benefits in Austria
VIENNA (Dispatches) – Austrian citizen of Turkish decent Azad G. was treated for a gunshot wound and received a guaranteed minimum wage for 14 months after returning from Syria in 2014, where he had fought on the side of Daesh, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported.
Despite initially looking into Azad G.'s persona, Austrian investigators dropped the case and failed to notify authorities in Vienna about their suspicions, the newspaper added.
In another development, the family of Shamima Begum, the girl who has been deprived of her British citizenship over joining Daesh terrorists in Syria, has written to interior minister Sajid Javid to allow the girl to return to the UK as an act of "mercy” after her baby boy died in a refugee camp in the Arab country.
A lawyers representing Begum’s family sent a letter to Javid on Monday, demanding the girl’s citizenship be restored.
"Following the tragic and entirely avoidable death of Shamima Begum's son, we have written to the home secretary requesting that he reconsider his original decision to strip Ms Begum of her British citizenship,” said Tasnime Akunjee.
The layer said the letter was sent as "an urgent bid to avoid further tragedy”, adding that there were huge fears about Shamima’s own safety in the camp she lives in northeastern Syria.
The call comes amid criticism of Javid over his last month’s decision to strip Begum of her citizenship while she was begging authorities to allow her to return to the UK to be able to raise her third and only surviving child.
The criticism intensified last week when it was announced that Begum’s son Jarrah had died of pneumonia while he was only three weeks old. The boy was technically a British citizen as he had been born days before Javid revoked his mother’s citizenship.
Despite initially looking into Azad G.'s persona, Austrian investigators dropped the case and failed to notify authorities in Vienna about their suspicions, the newspaper added.
In another development, the family of Shamima Begum, the girl who has been deprived of her British citizenship over joining Daesh terrorists in Syria, has written to interior minister Sajid Javid to allow the girl to return to the UK as an act of "mercy” after her baby boy died in a refugee camp in the Arab country.
A lawyers representing Begum’s family sent a letter to Javid on Monday, demanding the girl’s citizenship be restored.
"Following the tragic and entirely avoidable death of Shamima Begum's son, we have written to the home secretary requesting that he reconsider his original decision to strip Ms Begum of her British citizenship,” said Tasnime Akunjee.
The layer said the letter was sent as "an urgent bid to avoid further tragedy”, adding that there were huge fears about Shamima’s own safety in the camp she lives in northeastern Syria.
The call comes amid criticism of Javid over his last month’s decision to strip Begum of her citizenship while she was begging authorities to allow her to return to the UK to be able to raise her third and only surviving child.
The criticism intensified last week when it was announced that Begum’s son Jarrah had died of pneumonia while he was only three weeks old. The boy was technically a British citizen as he had been born days before Javid revoked his mother’s citizenship.