Sudanese college student dies at Libyan borders on trek to join ISIS

November 1, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A college student who attends the Faculty of Medicine at the Islamic University of Omdurman has perished in mysterious circumstances on the borders with Libya while trying to join the Islamic state group (ISIS) in Libya.

Sources told Sudan Tribune on Sunday that the 20-years old man, whose name is being withheld to protect his family’s privacy, has left his home in south Khartoum suburb of al-Sajana right before Eid al-Adha religious holiday in late September. He has also stopped attending college around the same time.

According to these sources, it was later discovered that the young man was influenced by ISIS ideology and announced his allegiance to them while also abandoning Ansar al-Sunna Salafist group of which he was a longtime member.

His family received a call from ISIS-Libya confirming his death on the Libyan borders before arriving to join their ranks without elaborating on the circumstances of his death.

The flow of Sudanese youngsters- both males and females- to join ISIS has become a recurrent event this year with authorities in Khartoum seemingly unable to stop it.

The list of Sudanese ISIS recruits included the daughter of foreign ministry spokesperson Ali al-Sadiq who flew to Syria via Turkey with 17 others. Her father at the time reportedly accused circles in the state of facilitating her departure.

ISIS infiltration into Sudan among the youths has become known last March after British media outlets confirmed that nine medical students from Sudanese origins entered Syria via Turkey to work in hospitals under the control of ISIS.

Khartoum vowed to work with Turkish authorities to prevent further incidents.

(ST)