Britons who join Islamic State should be hunted and killed: UK defence minister Gavin Williamson

UK defence minister Gavin Williamson also said that air strikes could be used against the estimated 270 British citizens who are still out there.

By: Reuters | London | Published: December 7, 2017 2:51 pm

Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson leaves 10 Downing Street, London, December 5, 2017. (Reuters/Files)

Britons who have joined the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq should be hunted down and killed, Britain’s new defence minister said. Gavin Williamson said that Britons who had gone to Syria or Iraq to fight for Islamic State hated what Britain stands for, and that air strikes could be used against the estimated 270 British citizens who are still out there. “Quite simply my view is a dead terrorist can’t cause any harm to Britain,” Williamson told the Daily Mail in an interview published late on Wednesday.