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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.

He is believed to have been killed in an airstrike in Syria.

See also

• Abu Qaqa

References

1. Fitzgerald, Todd (29 April 2016). "Baby-faced rapper who fled Britain to join ISIS is 'killed in Syria' - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
2. Samuel Osborne (1 May 2016). "Isis jihadi who recruited 'hundreds' of UK fighters 'killed in Syria'". The Independent. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. "British jihadists: The friends who want to be martyrs". BBC News. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
4. Josie Ensor (1 May 2016). "British jihadi recruiter reported dead in Syria drone strike". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
5. "ISIS fighter from Moss Side believed to have been killed in Syria". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

External links

• Raphael Hostey profile at counterextremism.com

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