Actress Gemma Atkinson has waded into the Shamima Begum controversy saying that the Manchester terror attack victims are the reason why UK officials should not let the ISIS bride back into the country.
Atkinson posted a collage of those killed in the attack and wrote on Instagram : “Here’s 22 reasons why that Isis bride should NOT be allowed back in the UK!”
The pregnant ex-Hollyoaks star also shared a bee emoji, which became a symbol for love and strength in Manchester following the attack.
It comes after Begum today compared the Manchester Arena bombing to military assaults on Syria.
Begum, who fled to Syria in 2015, has sparked a national row after pleading to come back to the UK.
She was one of three ISIS brides who left Bethnal Green in 2015 and asked to come back to Britain so she could give birth here.
She has since given birth to a baby boy in a refugee camp where she is living.
In an interview with the BBC today, the 19-year-old said the deaths of the victims in the attack on an Ariana Grande concert in 2017 were akin to the "women and children" being bombed in IS territory in Baghuz.
She told the broadcaster: "I do feel that it's wrong that innocent people did get killed. It's one thing to kill a soldier that is fighting you, it's self-defence, but to kill the people like women and children...
"Just people like the women and children in Baghuz that are being killed right now unjustly, the bombings. It's a two-way thing really."
Actor Danny Dyer also gave his opinion on the case today saying the UK should bring the teenager home so "we can learn from it".
The 41-year-old Football Factory actor said he feels the ISIS bride should be allowed to return.
He told Good Morning Britain: "I feel she needs a chance, maybe to explain what was going on.
"Maybe we can understand a little bit more about how they got to her and how she felt it was the right move to jump on a plane and leave this country at 15 years of age.
"She is still a young girl... Maybe we can learn from it."
