Abu
Abdullah, 20 (left) and the man believed to be Abu Dharda, 20 (right)
have been killed fighting in Kobane, it has been claimedA second British jihadi has been killed fighting for the Islamic State in the besieged Syrian city of Kobane, it has been claimed.
ISIS
supporters on social media were yesterday mourning the death of
20-year-old Muslim convert Abu Abdullah al-Habashi, also known by a
second nom de guerre of Abu Abdullah al-Britani.
They now claim Abu Dharda, 20, also known as Abu Dhar Somali, was killed fighting alongside militants in the city.
Dead: Abu Abdullah al-Habashi
(pictured right, next to a militant named Abu Musa as-Somali ) has been
killed fighting in Kobane. The 20-year-old former Christian of Eritrean
origin converted to Islam as a teenager
Al-Habashi,
from north London, was of Eritrean origin and converted from
Christianity to Islam during his teenage years. He is understood to have
travelled from the UK to join the Islamic State in Syria in December
2013.
Abu
Dharda, from west London, came from a British-Somali background and
travelled to Syria via Turkey in the same month as al-Habashi.
Neither death has been independently verified. Their families could not be contacted and police said they could not comment.
A
spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said they were aware
of the reports but that it was extremely difficult to get confirmation
of deaths of injuries, due to UK consular services being suspended.
Al-Habashi was a well known and popular figure in Islamic State due to his media appearances.
In
August, he was interviewed on BBC Newsnight, where he admitted that his
family had been trying to persuade him to return home but he had
insisted there was 'no going back.'
He
confidently says in the interview: 'They say what all parents would
say, 'come back you're crazy etc.' But I'm here for the sake of Allah.'
Threat: In his video appearance last
month, al-Habashi gesticulated wildly as he said 'We will chop off the
heads of the Americans, chop off the heads of the French, chop off the
heads of whoever you may bring'
Location Abu Abdullah is believed to have been killed fighting for ISIS in the Syrian city of Kobane (pictured)
The
British fighter also told Newsnight that he had been fighting with
Islamic State in Ramadi, Iraq. He described it as 'the best fighting and
the hardest fighting' and that 'US-made weapons was the war booty.'
Last
month, the British fighter appeared alongside a German and a French
ISIS fighter in the IS video, 'Wait. We are also waiting.'
In the video, Abu Abdullah describes the West as being full of 'puppets and apostates'.
He
declares: 'We are waiting for you in Dabiq. We are waiting for you in
Iraq so bring your coalition of unbelievers because unbelievers will not
help you. We will take their weaponry as booty and these people will
die.'
The
British jihadist vows that all Islamic State fighters 'are willing to
lay down our blood on this soil. So try. Try to come and we will kill
every single soldier.'
'We
will chop off the heads of the Americans. We will chop off the heads of
the French, chop of the heads of whoever you may bring.'
He even promised that the black flag of the Islamic State will 'eventually be on the White House.'
Al-Habashi also appeared in another IS video, entitled 'Eid Greetings from the Land of the Khilafah.'
The video, released in August, featured the British fighter alongside fighters from Finland and America.
Sick: Abu Abdullah al-Habashi made headlines in August when he posed next to a decapitated Syrian soldier
Militant: Al-Habashi was a well known and popular figure in Islamic State due to his media appearances
In
the video, the Londoner glorifies life under the Islamic State: 'I
don't think there is anything better than living in land of the
Khilafah.'
'You
know the rights and you are not living under oppression. You are not
living under rule. You are not living under the kufr [non-believer]. You
are living by the Koran and by the Su'rah.
'As
Muslims, that's what we want and that's what we need. We don't need any
democracy, we don't need any communism, we don't need anything like
that. All we need is Sharia.
Abu Abdullah al-Habashi also made headlines for a photo showing him posing next to a decapitated Syrian soldier.
The photo shows al-Habashi proudly smiling next to the victim, who was tied up and beheaded.
Meanwhile,
a tweet on November 7 believed to be from the account belonging to Abu
Dharda warned there would be 'more bloodshed' in Kobane.
The
tweet said: 'There are hundreds of pkk dead from Kobane battles so far
but inshallah soon those hundreds will turn to thousands.. expect more
bloodshed.'
According to the BBC, Dharda was believed to have been questioned by counter-terrorism police at a British airport as he travelled towards Syria.
But
he was allowed to continue his journey because officers were satisfied
with the explanation he gave for the purpose of his trip.
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