Shamima Begum Family's Lawyer Almost Saved The Life Of One Of Her Fellow Runaway Jihadi Friends

4 October 2019, 00:15 | Updated: 4 October 2019, 00:23

This is the moment when the lawyer for Shamima Begum's family explained how he almost saved one of her fellow jihadi school friends from dying.

Kadiza Sultana fled to Syria with Shamima Begum and Amira Abase in February 2015.

Solicitor Tasnime Akunjee - who is now representing the Begum family - told LBC's Tom Swarbrick how he spoke to Ms Sultana on the phone from the border between Syria and Turkey, following the death of her Somali-American husband.

Kadiza Sultana, Shamima Begum and Amira Abase at Gatwick Airport in 2015
Kadiza Sultana (left), with Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, as they fled the UK in 2015. Picture: PA

However, Mr Akunjee explained that he could not convince her to meet with him and leave ISIS-held territory

It was reported in 2016 that Ms Sultana had been killed by a Russian airstrike on the city of Raqqa.

More Tom Swarbrick

See more More Tom Swarbrick

LBC caller is 'appalled' by 'greedy' doctors as strikes announced

LBC caller is 'appalled' by 'greedy' doctors as strikes announced

'You should have been there!'

Tom Swarbrick thinks Jo is being 'ungrateful' about Britain's 'glorious' weather

LBC's best callers of the week

Israel-Iran, Labour rebellion and Child Q: LBC’s best callers of the week

'It's easier to break into a bank than to qualify for PIP'

Sarah, whose son used to receive PIP, is frustrated by the misconceptions surrounding it

Iran - caller Elias

Caller Elias thinks Iran is 'only joking' when they threaten the West

Haleh vs Khalid

British-Iranian caller Haleh debates Khalid over Iran's right to nuclear weapons

'It's fanaticism, it has to be stopped'

Israel's strikes on Iran divide opinion with LBC callers

Caller forced to apologise over false claims about Muslims

LBC caller forced to apologise over false claims about Muslims

Brits flock to Dubai to avoid tax hikes, but are they 'forgoing their British values'?

Brits flock to Dubai to avoid tax hikes, but are they 'forgoing their British values'?

ULEZ

Dwayne refuses to fight for Britain because he's sick of ULEZ

'I wouldn't mind being an LBC presenter'

Tom Swarbrick ‘offers’ caller Lee a job

Should Lucy Connolly be freed early?

Should Lucy Connolly be let out of prison early? LBC callers deliver their verdict

Trade deals, conclave and Reform UK: LBC’s best callers of the week

Trade deals, conclave and Reform UK: LBC’s best callers of the week

LBC callers react to Trump's trade deal

LBC callers react to Donald Trump's UK trade deal

Eric

Caller Eric brands it 'disgusting' that woman got £30k compensation for being compared to Darth Vader

Caller can’t get a dentist appointment and blames asylum seekers

LBC caller can’t get a dentist appointment and blames asylum seekers