Raphael Hostey

Raphael Hostey

Raphael Hostey (1992 – May 2016), also known as Abu Qaqa, was a British Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant recruiter and fighter from Manchester.

Born Raphel Saiho A Hostey. Hostey was a rapper and graphic design student at Liverpool John Moores University when he left his wife and child to join ISIS in 2013.[1][2][3][4] He worshipped at the Didsbury Mosque, also attended by Salman Abedi, the terrorist who perpetrated the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.[5]

He is believed to have been killed in an airstike in Syria.[6][7]

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References

  1. ↑ Doyle, Neil (2015-06-23). "ISIS' senior British recruiter Raphael Hostey 'is a sex pest who steals girls' | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, Todd (2016-04-29). "Baby-faced rapper who fled Britain to join ISIS is 'killed in Syria' - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  3. ↑ Samuel Osborne (2016-05-01). "Isis jihadi who recruited 'hundreds' of UK fighters 'killed in Syria'". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  4. ↑ "British jihadists: The friends who want to be martyrs". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  5. ↑ "The baby-faced ISIS recruiter who knew Manchester bomber". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  6. ↑ Josie Ensor (2016-05-01). "British jihadi recruiter reported dead in Syria drone strike". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  7. ↑ "ISIS fighter from Moss Side believed to have been killed in Syria". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
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