British medical students who joined Isis 'killed in Iraq'

Shortly after arriving in Syria, Khider appeared in a propaganda film urging other Britons to travel to Syria and Iraq

A pair of British medical students who joined Isis after leaving their studies in South Sudan have reportedly been killed in Iraq.   

Ahmed Sami Khider, from London, and Hisham Fadlallah, originally from Nottinghamshire, are thought to have died at the weekend. 

Khider was killed by gunfire as he travelled in a convoy attempting to leave Mosul, the BBC reported.

It is not known if Fadlallah was killed at the same time.

They were among nine young British medical students – five men and four women – who travelled to the Middle East to help wounded people in Syria. 

The group, all aged in their late teens and early 20s, allegedly flew to Istanbul from Sudan on 12 March in order to assist victims of war in Isis-controlled areas.

The students were born and raised in England, but had been studying medicine in Sudanese capital Khartoum.

Shortly after arriving in Syria, Khider appeared in a propaganda film urging other Britons to travel to Syria and Iraq.

While many Isis films show pictures of masked men posing with guns, the softly spoken son of a doctor appealed for fellow UK doctors to join him in building a new society.

"There is a really good medical service being provided here, lots of hospitals… paediatric hospitals, with specialised doctors," said the former student of Wallington County Grammar School in south London, sitting behind a desk in a wood-panelled office with a stethoscope around his neck.

The son of a doctor, who finished his UMST medical degree in July 2014, added: "Dear brothers and sisters, we as Muslims and as doctors have a great responsibility. 

"All you are doing is sitting in the West in the comfort of your homes. Use your skills and come here."