Another Kerala resident, who along with 20 others is suspected to have fled to Afghanistan last year to join the Islamic State (IS), was killed in a “drone strike,” a senior NIA official said. He was quoting a message recieved by the father of the accused.
Mohammad Marwan, a resident of Kasargod in Kerala was among a group of women, men and children who made their way to the Khorasan province in Afghanistan via Iran to be a part of the IS controlled territory.
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Earlier, three other members of the group - Bestin Vincent, Mohammad Hafeezuddin and Murshid Mohammad - were also killed in drone attacks.
On Monday, Marwan’s father recieved a message from Ashfaq Majeed, another accused in Afghanistan that “Marwan has been killed in drone strike and it has been few days.” The message was sent on Telegram.