Indian fighter carried out suicide attack in Syria’s Raqqa, claims Islamic State

ARMAR, A DESIGNATED TERRORIST BY USA, IS ACCUSED OF RECRUITING FOR THE TERROR GROUP IN INDIA, B’DESH AND SRI LANKA.

NEWDELHI: The Islamic State has said a fighter using the assumed name Abu Yusufal-Hindi carried out a suicide attack in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the first time the terror group has acknowledged an Indian-origin fighter’s involvement in such an assault.

The “kunya” (nom de guerre) of Abu Yusufal-Hindi is also used by Mohammad Sh afi Ar mar, who was designated a global terrorist by the US in June and is the main IS recruiter in India.

It could not immediately be ascertained whether Ar mar was the terrorist involved in the sui- cide attack.

In an Arabic statement issued through its Amaq news agency late on Monday, the IS said Abu Yusuf al-Hindi killed and wounded a “number” of “apostates” from the Kurdistan Workers Party, according to SITE Intelligence Group.

There was no official word on the claim from Indian security agencies.

Ar mar, a resident of Bhatka lin K ar nat aka believed to be about 30 years old, is also the subject of an Interpol Red Corner notice.

He is believed to have fled to Pakistan with brother Abdul Khader Sultan Armar after a crackdown on members of the Indian Mujahideen. Following a clash with the Bhatkal brothers, the driving force behind the Indian Mujahideen, Armar is believed to have created Ansarul-Tawhid, which pledged allegiance to the IS.

Abdul Khader Sultan Armar was reported to have died fighting for the IS in early 2015.