Brother of 2 teenagers killed in Syria is stabbed to death
THE drug-dealing brother of two British teenagers killed fighting for Islamists in Syria has been knifed to death.
Abdul Deghayes, 22, was found in a crashed car and died in hospital yesterday after the attack in Brighton, southeast England. He was found just before 9.30pm on Saturday in the passenger seat of a silver Volkswagen Polo which had collided with other cars.
Police said it was not clear if he was stabbed before or after the crash. A 26-year-old Brighton man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder.
Abdul, who was jailed in 2017 for drug dealing, is the twin brother of Abdullah, who was killed fighting in Syria in 2016 aged 18. Their younger brother Jaffar, 17, was killed in 2014 while trying to overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Their uncle, Omar Deghayes, spent five years in Guantanamo Bay, after which he received substantial compensation from the UK government.