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Diane Abbott has sparked outrage after she blamed the death of ISIS bride Shamima Begum's baby on the Home Secretary's "callous" decision to strip her citizenship.

The Labour MP was blasted online for her comments, which came after the 19-year-old's son died on Friday.

Ms Begum, 19, who left London to join the Islamic State group aged 15, gave birth in a refugee camp in the middle of February.

Her lawyer confirmed on Friday that her son had died of pneumonia. She had previously also lost two children.

Ms Abbott, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, tweeted her response to the news in the early hours of Saturday morning, appearing to place the blame on Mr Javid and the Government.

“It is against international law to make someone stateless, and now an innocent child has died as a result of a British woman being stripped of her citizenship. This is callous and inhumane,” she wrote.

Later, she added: “This week a British baby died from pneumonia in a Syrian refugee camp. A tragedy that might have been avoided. If the mother & baby had been brought home, the mother Shamima Begum would have faced British justice, but the baby might have lived. Sajid Javid has behaved shamefully.”

Ms Begum resurfaced heavily pregnant in a refugee camp in northern Syria last month and spoke of her desire to return to the UK, as the self-styled caliphate collapsed.

Mr Javid stripped her of her British citizenship amid a fierce national debate over whether she should be allowed to return.

Ms Abbott’s tweets have received thousands of responses defending the Government's decision.

One wrote: “It's not Britain's fault the children died as sad as it is it's the mother's responsibility for choosing her path. To turn a baby's death into political point scoring now that's callous and inhumane”.

While another responded: “Her baby didn’t die because they removed her citizenship, her baby died because of the conditions she elected to subject herself to. Even if she still had the passport it’s very unlikely she would have been brought back as a matter of urgency. For what reason?”

Another added that the blame should be placed on Ms Begum’s choices: “No, an innocent child died because of her mother’s choices before he was even conceived. Along with countless other innocent lives lost through terrorism. She chose terrorism, they didn’t.”

But, others agreed with Ms Abbott, saying the child “deserved a chance.”

One person wrote: “I get the fury directed at Shamima Begum. I felt it myself. It's a powerful, natural reaction. That's exactly why Sajid Javid did what he did. To win votes. Not for anyone's security

“She probably could have been helped. A child groomed by ISIS

“But, that boy deserved a chance”

While another added: “I find this so sad!.. she was groomed!!.. she has endured whatever horrors she was exposed to, has had 3 children die, she should have been brought home, counselled deprogrammed, whatever it takes..this young girl!!..I feel sorry for her.”

The backlash comes as Ms Abbott spoke of her fears that she could be murdered or raped by one of the Right-wing extremists and social media trolls who have bombarded her with vile threats.

In Women of Westminster, a new book by Labour MP Rachel Reeves, she said the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox by a far-Right extremist in 2016 sparked fear someone could do her harm.

“Diane thought to herself: ‘I have no doubt that there’s someone out there with a whole wall papered with pictures of me,’” Ms Abbott is quoted in the book as saying.

She also spoke about the abuse she receives on social media: “You don’t get inured to it, it’s very painful and personally corrosive.”

But she said she would not give in to her abusers, adding: “If I was to say I’m going to step down from Parliament because I can’t take it, then they would have won.”