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Runaway teen Shamima Begum gives birth to boy in Syrian refugee camp
Shamima Begum

A BRITISH teenager who ran away from home to join Isis in Syria has now given birth to a baby boy in a refugee camp.

Shamima Begum disappeared four years ago aged 15 with two school friends from east London.

She surfaced last week after leaving the final Isis stronghold in Syria.

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