Australian ex-model, DJ, killed fighting for ISIS in Syria

April 17, 2015 14:22

A former model and DJ from Melbourne, described by his former agency as having a promising future, is the latest Australian believed to have been killed while fighting alongside ISIS militants in Syria.

The parents of Sharky Jama, 25, were informed of their son's death via a text message and phone call Monday, said Hussein Harakow, president of the Somali Australian Council of Victoria.

"They're very shocked and very disappointed," said Harakow, who knows the Jama family.

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