Son of prominent Sudanese religious figure killed in Libya
August 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) — The son of the late leader of Jamaat Ansar al Sunnah, Abu Zaid Mohamed Hamzah, has been killed in armed clashes in the Islamic State (ISIS) stronghold of Sirte in Libya.
The Salfists Jihadists groups have also mourned him on social media, saying he is one of the effective persons who supported the Libyan branch of ISIS.
They added that the “martyr” is the son of the Sudanese prominent Salafi preacher, Abu Zaid Mohamed Hamzah.
Mohamed Khalifa Siddig, an expert on the Jihadist groups told Sudan Tribune that 24 years old, Abdul-Ilah, his little brother, Mohamed and a third one by the name of Imad Mahmoud had left Sudan to Mali where the latter was killed, saying the two brothers have later travelled to Libya.
He added that Abdul-Ilah finished his high school exam and didn’t attend college, noting the two brothers secretly left Sudan to Mali where they told their family that they intend to engage in Jihad for the sake of Allah (God).
According to Siddig, the two brothers were recruited by their older brother, Abdel Raouf who was sentenced to death for killing an employee from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Khartoum on 2008 New Years Eve.
It should be mentioned that a Sudanese Jihadist nicknamed Abu Ja’afar al-Sudani blew himself up in a car bomb in the Libyan city of Derna last week, killing 9 people and injuring dozens others.
Also, in June ISIS announced that one of its Sudanese fighters nicknamed Abu al-Fida al-Sudani was killed in their stronghold of al-Riqa.
Last March, British media outlets confirmed reports that nine medical students from Sudanese origins entered Syria via Turkey to work in hospitals under the control of ISIS.
Also another batch comprised of 18 medical students secretly flew to Turkey last June to join ISIS.
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