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Ruhul Amin: Drone strike IS man 'radicalised in Leicester' Ruhul Amin: Drone strike IS man 'radicalised in Leicester'
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A British jihadi killed by an RAF drone was radicalised in Leicester, his childhood friend has said.A British jihadi killed by an RAF drone was radicalised in Leicester, his childhood friend has said.
Ruhul Amin, 26, from Aberdeen, was killed with another man in the strike in Syria last month.Ruhul Amin, 26, from Aberdeen, was killed with another man in the strike in Syria last month.
Stephen Marvin, who knew Amin since the age of 10, said Amin was planning to go on pilgrimage to Mecca and went via Leicester where he was "brainwashed".Stephen Marvin, who knew Amin since the age of 10, said Amin was planning to go on pilgrimage to Mecca and went via Leicester where he was "brainwashed".
Muslim leaders in the city said it could not have happened in a mosque, and must have been behind closed doors.Muslim leaders in the city said it could not have happened in a mosque, and must have been behind closed doors.
Mr Marvin said Amin did not hold extremist views before he set out for Leicester.Mr Marvin said Amin did not hold extremist views before he set out for Leicester.
Mr Marvin said: "In Leicester he met some guys who were talking to him about ISIS in Syria. Mr Marvin said: "In Leicester he met some guys who were talking to him about Isis in Syria.
"First they showed him videos and websites and started saying, 'You should come over to Syria. Anytime you want to leave you are free to leave'. "First they showed him videos and websites and started saying, 'You should come over to Syria. Any time you want to leave you are free to leave.'
"He said went he went to Syria and spent the first three months in a 'Koran Camp' where they get people into the ISIS way of thinking around the Koran. "He said he went to Syria and spent the first three months in a 'Koran Camp' where they get people into the Isis way of thinking around the Koran.
"After that it was military camp and then he is a fully-fledged ISIS soldier." "After that it was military camp and then he is a fully-fledged Isis soldier."
Mr Marvin said he spoke to Amin three times while he was in Syria but felt he lost a friend "as soon as he stepped on that plane".Mr Marvin said he spoke to Amin three times while he was in Syria but felt he lost a friend "as soon as he stepped on that plane".
Dr Ather Hussain, an imam in Leicester, said: "This radicalisation could not have happened in any of our mosques here in Leicester. Most Muslims are proud of this mixed community; there is no culture of hate.Dr Ather Hussain, an imam in Leicester, said: "This radicalisation could not have happened in any of our mosques here in Leicester. Most Muslims are proud of this mixed community; there is no culture of hate.
"The situation is maybe that he came here and knew of a certain individual who he met in private locations - but that could have happened anywhere.""The situation is maybe that he came here and knew of a certain individual who he met in private locations - but that could have happened anywhere."