British Isis fighter killed in Iraq named as Mohammed Rizwan Awan

A British Islamic State fighter killed in a suicide attack in Iraq has been identified as Mohammed Rizwan Awan.

His family told the Guardian that the man pictured in Isis propaganda on social media was Awan, 27. He was fighting under the name Abu Musa al-Britani, and was originally from Huddersfield. He had left the UK last July. 

Isis social media accounts confirmed the death, in Anbar province west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and claimed “nearly 30” people died.

The victims are believed to be state security personnel, as well as aligned Sunni forces.

The death toll has been disputed, with the Iraqi state claiming the suicide bomber was the only casualty.

Another jihadi fighter with the same name was killed during a suicide attack inIraq last May. Experts confirmed the bomber – a man of Kosovan-Albanian heritage living in the UK – was a convert to Islam, whereas the more recent terrorist was not.