Malayali IS fighter killed in US attack
He had been employed as a driver at the Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.
Kasaragod, April 15: One of the 21 missing youth who had joined the terrorist outfit Islamic State in Afghanistan is believed to be dead in the US attacks on Thursday.
Murshid Mohammed, 27, had left his hometown Padanna along with his friends was reportedly killed in the bomb attack over the Nangarhar province by US troops.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that a few of these youths might have injured in the attacks. Murshid was employed as a driver at the Nangarhar province.
The information was confirmed through three telegram messages sent by Ashfaq, a friend and one of the missing youths from Padanna to Murshid's parents and an activist close to the family.
The telegram App message is been handed over to the National Investigation Agency.
It was during the months of June and July last year that 21 youths were found missing from different parts of Kerala. The NIA had already filed a charge-sheet in this case and the investigation is on.
Of the missing 21, 14 members hail from Kasaragod, six from Palakkad and one from Thiruvananthapuram.
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