The Islamic State (IS) on Monday claimed that an Indian suicide bomber had killed a “number” of people in an attack in Syria’s north-west Raqqa, the de-facto capital of the terror group.
In a statement in Arabic, the IS identified the terrorist as Abu Yusuf al-Hindi, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based monitoring firm.
The terror group claimed killing and wounding a “number” of what it described as “Kurdistan Workers’ Party [PKK] apostates” in the suicide attack.
However, Indian agencies had not confirmed the IS claim.
Al-Hindi was the fugitive chief recruiter for the IS in the Indian subcontinent and was known as Mohammed Shafi Armar, who had many aliases like ‘Chhote Maula’ and ‘Anjan Bhai’.
The 30-year-old was named a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ by the U.S. in June, becoming the first Indian leader of the outfit against whom U.S. had imposed sanctions.