A British-Sudanese jihadi with links to a group of medics who went to Syria to join Islamic State has been killed during fighting in the country, according to reports.
Osman Mustafa Fagiri, 23, was believed to be connected to a group of medical students – four women and five men – who travelled to Syria to work in hospitals in Isis-controlled areas.
Experts at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, who have verified a number of British deaths in Syria, said Fagiri, who previously lived in north London, died in the past fortnight while battling Syrian regime forces.
Fagiri, who was married, has described walking the streets of Raqqa, the Isis stronghold, in Facebook messages.
Osman Mustafa Fagiri previously lived in Chalk Farm, London, & was killed in while battling against Syrian regime forces about 11 days ago.
— Shiraz Maher (@ShirazMaher) July 22, 2015
He is understood to have joined Sudanese jihadis who went to fight in Mali in 2013, and visited Swiss Cottage in north London for 10 days last year before flying back to Khartoum, Sudan’s capital.
