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Raphael Hostey

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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]

He is believed to have been killed in an airstrike in Syria.[4][5]

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  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.
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