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First UK suicide bombing in Syria Syria crisis: UK man in Aleppo suicide attack
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UK officials confirm first British jihadist suicide bombing in Syria - carried out in city of Aleppo last week UK officials have confirmed a British man was behind a suicide bombing in Syria, in what is thought to the first such attack by a UK national there.
More to follow. The jihadist, known as Abu Suleiman al-Britani, is believed to be from Sussex.
Videos posted online purport to show him driving an armoured truck towards a jail in the city of Aleppo last week, where it detonated in a huge explosion.
Hundreds of British nationals are thought to have gone to Syria to fight in the conflict.
One in 10 foreign militants is believed to be from Europe, with most of the others believed to have come from Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Libya.
Whitehall officials have told the BBC "there is no doubt at all" that a British man carried out the suicide attack in Aleppo.