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Jihadi Jack: IS recruit Jack Letts loses UK citizenship
Source: BBC
Jihadi Jack: IS recruit Jack Letts loses UK citizenship
18 August 2019
A Muslim convert who joined the Islamic State group as a teenager has had his British citizenship revoked.
Jack Letts - nicknamed Jihadi Jack in the press - was 18 when he left school in Oxfordshire in 2014 to join IS fighters in Raqqa, Syria.
Mr Letts, who is a dual UK-Canadian national, was jailed after being captured by Kurdish YPG forces while trying to flee to Turkey in May 2017.
The Canadian government said the UK had "off-loaded" its responsibilities.
The Home Office said it would not comment on individual cases.
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18 August 2019
A Muslim convert who joined the Islamic State group as a teenager has had his British citizenship revoked.
Jack Letts - nicknamed Jihadi Jack in the press - was 18 when he left school in Oxfordshire in 2014 to join IS fighters in Raqqa, Syria.
Mr Letts, who is a dual UK-Canadian national, was jailed after being captured by Kurdish YPG forces while trying to flee to Turkey in May 2017.
The Canadian government said the UK had "off-loaded" its responsibilities.
The Home Office said it would not comment on individual cases.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49385376
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