A British jihadist fighting for ISIS in Syria has sent boastful tweets to friends of homemade bombs and said Britain should be 'afraid' about him returning.
Nasser
Muthana, 20, posted a terrifying gallery of improvised explosive
devices (IEDs) and also other weapons he hoped he could use to
decapitate enemies.
Below one he added the stark warning: 'So the UK is afraid I come back with the skills I've gained.'
Messages: Cardiff Jihadist Nasser
Muthana has tweeted that the UK should be 'afraid' about the skills he
has learned while fighting for ISIS should he return
Boastful: The Briton, who was planning to become a doctor, posted this picture of home made bombs
Violent: Muthana also tweeted a picture of a weapon that he hoped would help decapitate an enemy
It came as his younger brother Aseel, 17, vowed to fight to the death for Isis and claimed 'jihad is obligatory' for Muslims.
He
followed his brother, who appeared in a shocking recruitment video
aimed at luring other young British Muslims to Syria and Iraq with
another friend Reyaad Khan, 20, also from Cardiff.
Nasser
Muthana has now tweeted mocking the publicity this generated and also
gave a graphic account of a battle and referred to beheadings.
He
posted a chilling photograph on Tuesday showing a home-made weapon
believed to be taken from an enemy Shia Muslim - and his plan to behead
the captive fighter.
The Twitter post said: 'Look what we found on this shi'i, glad tidings we'll make sure his head is detachable.'
Nasser describes himself as a 'soldier of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham' on his Twitter profile.
And his social media profile explains his beliefs as based on 'a book that guides and a sword that supports it'.
'Jihad is
obligatory': British ISIS fighter Aseel Muthana, right, followed his
brother Nasser, left, to Syria and says he is 'willing to die' in Syria
and won't come home to the UK
Aseel
Muthana, 17, from Cardiff, has now also boasted online about being
involved in battles where enemies were murdered and their heads taken as
trophies.
The
schoolboy says in a series of messages online he is willing to be a
'martyr' for the jihadist cause in Syria and does not plan to return
home.
He told the BBC: 'Jihad is obligatory.'
Asked
if he had any regrets about leaving the UK and about how far he was
prepared to go for his cause, he replied: 'Nope, I can say I am willing
to die but Allah knows the truth behind the words.'
He described making new friends with other British jihadists who had travelled to Syria to join Isis fighters.
Muthana
was also asked how he could defend the brutality of the Isis killings
in Syria, and said he followed Sharia law and those who do not would be
punished.
His messages also included graphic accounts of a battle and referred to beheadings. In one comment he said: 'Two tanks were taken... and we brought back heads with us.'
Interview: The BBC have traced Aseel
Muthana to Syria, where he has internet access, and he raved about jihad
and also revelled in 'glad tidings' when an enemy was beheaded
Cardiff link: Reyaad Khan and Aseel's
brother Nasser Muthana appear in this Isis recruitment video encouraging
others to fight jihad
School days: Third British jihadist Reyaad Khan having fun with friends in Cardiff before he fled to fight
Another
message posted on that account yesterday showed a weapon said to have
been taken from an enemy of Isis. The message said: 'Look what we
found... glad tidings we'll make sure his head is detachable.'
All
three appear to have internet access in Syria and are using social
media to talk about brutal executions and life on the front line.
The BBC has said it has done all it can to verify that it is the men, but cannot be 100 per certain.
The
men refuse to answer certain questions, worried about being identified
but in a series of comments both have referred to appearing in the Isis
video.
In
February Aseel fled Britain to fight in Syria after telling his parents
he was staying at his friend's house ahead of a maths exam at his
school.
But
police then arrived at his home the following night after it emerged he
had gained a second passport by lying about his age and was in Cyprus
and about to sail to Syria.
His
brother Nasser was a star medical student who secretly travelled to
Syria from his family home in Cardiff despite being offered the
opportunity to study medicine by four universities.
His family have not seen him since November 2013.
Furious father Ahmed Muthana, 57, said if his sons ever return to the UK, he would like to see them jailed.
He
added that his sons have 'betrayed his family and betrayed Britain' -
before insisting he had already binned family pictures of his boys
because 'you don't keep the devil in your house.'
Mr
Muthana, who moved to the UK from Yemen in the seventies and earned a
living repairing televisions, collapsed and was rushed to hospital when
he heard his second son had also gone to fight.
Pictured: Nasser's room in the family
home in Cardiff where the brothers plotted how to take part in a holy
war thousands of miles away in Syria
In shock: Nasser and Aseel's parents
and youngest brother walk through their Cardiff estate. Their father has
said they should be arrested and jailed if they return to the UK
Cardiff
has become a hotbed for extremism where a string of young Muslims have
been inspired to launch jihad in Syria, Iraq and also in the UK.
The
father of two radicals says the Welsh capital is facing a crisis with
extremists leafleting communities and holding 'pop-up' events to groom
young men.
But
the latest shocking case involving Reyaad Khan, 20, and brothers Nasser
Muthana, 20, and 17-year-old Aseel is not the first time the city has
had links to jihad.
In
2012 Cardiff brothers Gurukanth Desai, and Abdul Miah, were jailed
along with Omar Latif, also from the city, for plotting Mumbai-style
attacks in Britain.
They had planned a Christmas bombing campaign with targets including the London Stock Exchange, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.
The gang was made up of men from all over the UK, but the majority were from Cardiff.
The
cell met in the city's Roath Park to discuss the mass murder not
realising they were being watched by the security services.
This
month Muslim student Khuram Iqbal, 21, who allegedly posted a series of
links to extremist videos on his Facebook and Twitter pages and called
himself the 'Father of Terrorism' appeared in court.
The
father of the brothers in Syria, Ahmed Muthana, 57, said extremists are
leafleting Muslim communities in the Welsh capital encouraging young
men to join the jihad in Syria and Iraq.
He
also said the recruitment meetings are never held in the same venue
twice to avoid being infiltrated by anti-terrorist police.
Week In Week Out, BBC One Wales, 22.35
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