Two Kerala Youths, One ISIS Recruit In Afghanistan And Another Al-Qaeda Fighter In Syria, Killed In US Attacks

Family of Yahya, a Kerala resident, who had allegedly joined the Islamic State last year, said they received a message saying he as been killed in Afghanistan.

The family members got a message last night about his death on Telegram. The sender of the message, Asfak, said Yahya was ¡°martyred¡± in the US attack.

¡°He was killed while fighting the US forces,¡± the message read. It, however, does not specify as to when he was killed.

Yahya, whose real name is Bestin Vincent, had converted to Islam a couple of years ago along with his two brothers who are also believed to be currently in Afghanistan.

Their wives who also converted to Islam are among the 21 people who disappeared from Kerala last year under mysterious circumstances.

A fortnight ago, family of Murshid Muhammed had received message that he was killed in a drone attack in Afghanistan.

In a related development, Abu Tahir, another Kerala youth who went missing in the middle east has reportedly been killed in Syria.

ANI

Tahir, a resident of Palakkad, who was working as a journalist had gone for Umrah in 2013 did not come back. He is believed to have joined the Al Nusra front in Syria. Tahir who is believed to have been in the war front, was active on Facebook with multiple IDs, and was campaigning for 'jihad'.

The news of his death was conveyed to a relative working in Sharjah earlier this month.