Three IS members from Karnataka dead

 

Bengaluru, 24 Nov 2015: Three from Karnataka are among the six Indians, who had joined ISIS, reportedly killed in different conflict zones of Iraq and Syria, says an intelligence report prepared by foreign agencies and shared with Indian agencies.

 

The dead have been identified as Mohammad Umar Subhan (Bengaluru), Maulana Abdul Kadir Sultan Armar (Bhatkal), Faiz Masood (Bengaluru). The others are Athif Vaseem Mohammad (Adilabad, Telangana), Saheem Farooque Tanki (Thane, Maharashtra), and Mohammad Sajid alias Bada Sajid (Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh).The report also says 23 Indians have so far joined the ISIS.

 

The intelligence report suggests that there is a disproportionately high level of casualties among South Asian and African foreign terrorist fighters, since they are forced to the frontlines as foot soldiers.

 

Arab fighters with better battle experience are mostly positioned behind them and hence their casualties are proportionally less in terms of total numbers. This explains why so many Indians from a small Indian contingent have died, the report says.