17-year-old teen is 'UK's youngest ever suicide bomber'

June 14, 2015 21:12

A 17-year-old boy who left the United Kingdom to join the dreaded Islamic State terror group is believed to have become Britain's youngest ever suicide bomber after he reportedly blew himself up in Iraq. Talha Asmal was one of four suicide bombers who attacked security forces near an oil refinery south of Baiji, The Guardian reported. If confirmed, Asmal, from Dewsbury, would be Britain's youngest known suicide bomber. Another West Yorkshire teenager, Hasib Hussein, was almost 19 when he blew himself up on a London bus in the July 7, 2005 attacks.

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