PETALING JAYA: The former drummer of rock band Ukays, Akel Zainal, who became an Islamic State (IS) militant leader, was killed along with his wife and children in a Russian air strike in Syria earlier this year.
It is learned Akel, whose real name is Wan Mohd Aquil Wan Zainal Abidin, and his family were killed in March following an air strike on his home in Baghouz, Syria.
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