The Independent - 19.08.2019

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MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019

Ex-Isis fighter Jihadi Jack


‘stripped of UK citizenship’


Jack Letts joined the terrorist group after travelling to Raqqa in Syria aged 18 (PA)


MAY BULMAN


The former Isis member known as Jihadi Jack has been stripped of his British citizenship, according to
reports.


Muslim convert Jack Letts joined the terrorist group after travelling to Raqqa in Syria when he was 18. He
was jailed after being captured by Kurdish YPG forces while attempting to flee to Turkey in May 2017.


The 24-year-old, who held dual UK and Canadian citizenship, previously declared he was an “enemy of
Britain”, but has since begged to be allowed to return to the UK and insisted he had “no intention” of
killing Britons.


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