Kadiza Sultana: Schoolgirl who joined IS feared dead

Bethnal Green teenager who ran away to Syria reportedly 'died in an air strike weeks ago'

Three British schoolgirls at Gatwick Airport
Shamima Begum and two schoolmates on CCTV at Gatwick Airport in 2015 
(Image credit: Metropolitan Police)

A London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State is thought to have been killed by a Russian air strike in Raqqa, her family's solicitor said.

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