The Kerala Intelligence has received reports of death of five persons from Malabar while fighting for Islamic State in Syria, but the news cannot be authenticated as the information was first received by the victims' family, an official has said. Similar is the case of one Muhadis, reportedly killed in Aleppo in Syria in military operations. Abu Tahir from Palakkad district was reportedly killed in US military strikes in Syria in April this year. The Intelligence official, however, did not give details of the other two persons reportedly killed in Syria. "But it will be difficult for us to confirm the present deaths of five persons reportedly killed in Syria," he added.

Source: dna July 02, 2017 11:15 UTC