Raphael Hostey Explained

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]}

See also

• Abu Qaqa

External links

• Raphael Hostey profile at counterextremism.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fitzgerald . Todd . Baby-faced rapper who fled Britain to join ISIS is 'killed in Syria' - Mirror Online . Mirror.co.uk . 2016-04-29 . 2016-05-05.
2. News: Samuel Osborne . Isis jihadi who recruited 'hundreds' of UK fighters 'killed in Syria' . . 2016-05-01 . 2016-05-05.
3. News: British jihadists: The friends who want to be martyrs . 29 March 2015 . . 2016-05-05.
4. Web site: Josie Ensor . British jihadi recruiter reported dead in Syria drone strike . Telegraph.co.uk . 2016-05-01 . 2016-05-05.
5. News: ISIS fighter from Moss Side believed to have been killed in Syria . . 2016-05-05.