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    Iraq Suicide Bomber Believed To Be Man From Huddersfield

    Wednesday, 23 March 2016 10:14

    A Huddersfield family believe their son was the British-born suicide bomber who according to IS carried out a suicide attack in Iraq.

    In their social media accounts IS claimed a militant Abu Musa al-Britani carried out the attack claiming the lives of 30 people although the exact numbers are disputed and according to the local authorities only the bomber himself was killed.

    However according to the BBC a family from Huddersfield recognised the man in the photograph released by IS and believe the suicide bomber to be Mohammed Rizwan Awan, who left the UK last year apparently to go to Mecca, leaving letters behind claiming he was going to live in Saudi Arabia.

    A Foreign Office spokesperson would offer no comment to the reports.

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