Egyptian-born Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 24, is suspected of the brutal beheading of US journalist James Foley. The young rapper, who released multiple music videos and whose singles were played on BBC Radio in 2012, has been reportedly identified by MI5 and MI6 as the key suspect in the beheading of Mr Foley, according to The Sunday Times. According to the Sunday Times, Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, the son of an Egyptian refugee thought to be one of Osama Bin Laden’s closest lieutenants, was identified by MI5 as the hooded executioner in the video released by the Islamic State of Mr Foley’s beheading. Abdel-Majed’s father, Adel Abdul Bary, is an Egyptian refugee who was extradited from Britain to the United States of America on charges of terrorism and his involvement in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. While it is unclear when Abdel-Majed travelled to Syria, he came to national attention in the United Kingdom after he posted a picture of himself holding a severed head on Twitter with the caption “Chillin’ with my homie or what’s left of him.” Abdel-Majed, who lived with his mother and five siblings…
Egyptian-British Rapper Suspected of Beheading US Journalist James Foley
August 24, 2014
