IN the cold of a Syrian winter less than a month ago, Malaysian Mohd Amirul Ahmad Rahim, 26, strapped bombs onto his body, got into a car and blew himself up during clashes in the Islamic State’s (IS) capital Raqqa in Syria.
The blast on Dec 29 last year killed 21 Kurdish fighters during an IS offensive against the 44th Syrian Democratic Forces, according to Malaysian police.
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