A University of Westminster student who ran away to join ISIS died while being held in prison in Syria. Former University of Westminster student Ishak Mostefaoui, 27, has died in prison in Syria after reportedly trying to escape having fled the UK to join ISIS in 2014Mohammed Emwazi - Jihadi John - was also a Westminster student. Fellow student Zakariyya Elogbani abandoned his business management degree at the University of Westminster to join the jihadis in 2014. The Westminster University jihadis Ishak Mostefaoui may have been radicalised in 2013 and travelled to Syria with Elogbani. Mohamed Jakir, a jihadi killed in Syria in 2014 after seven weeks in country, was also reportedly a Westminster University student.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2020 18:22 UTC