London The parents of Britain's youngest suspected suicide bomber who described him as a "typical teenager", have accused Islamic State leaders yesterday of being "too cowardly to do their own dirty work". Talha Asmal is believed to have travelled to Syria in April with friend Ha
London
The parents of Britain's youngest suspected suicide bomber who described him as a "typical teenager", have accused Islamic State leaders yesterday of being "too cowardly to do their own dirty work".
Talha Asmal is believed to have travelled to Syria in April with friend Hassan Munshi, 17, and IS announced on Saturday that Asmal was the driver of one of four explosive-ladened vehicles used in an attack on an oil refinery in northern Iraq.
His parents, Ibrahim, 42, and Noorjaha, 38, said the group had exploited "innocence and vulnerability" of Talha.
"It appears that Talha fell under the spell of individuals who continued to prey on his innocence and vulnerability to the point where if the press reports are accurate he was ordered to his death by so-called ISIS handlers and leaders too cowardly to do their own dirty work. We are all naturally devastated and heartbroken by the unspeakable tragedy that appears to have befallen us,”
they said in a statement.
Asmal was taking his final school exams, but is believed to have boarded a flight from Manchester to Dalaman in southwest Turkey on March 31.
Both youths hailed from the northern English town of Dewsbury, as did Mohammad Sidique Khan, the ringleader of four homegrown suicide bombers who carried out the July 7, 2005 bombings which killed 52 people on three Underground trains and a bus in London.
