IS Twitter accounts say 3rd Indian 'dies' fighting in Syria

April 09, 2015 08:41

Social media accounts linked to known supporters of Islamic State have claimed that another Indian has died fighting for the jihadi group in its stronghold of Raqqa in Syria.

One such Twitter handle -- @mukminSharia -- identified the Indian on Tuesday night as Abdul Rahman.

Another handle -- @magnetgas16 -- claimed that he was the third Indian to die fighting for the group.

Security agencies believe that this handle is being operated by one of the four youths from Thane who went to Iraq last year to fight for IS -- one of them, Areeb Majeed, returned last November.

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Image: IS supporters posted this photograph, purportedly of Rahman standing alone on a rocky hillside.

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