Die Welt: Polish jihadist killed in Iraq

Maksymilian R., an ethnic Pole, who was brought up in Bonn was apparently killed in Iraq, according to the German daily Die Welt.

The newspaper presented a photo of the body of a blond-haired militant to the German security services, which claimed that “with high probability” it was Maksymilian R.

The Pole supposedly died during clashes between ISIS fighters and Kurds near Kirkuk last week.

The 20 year-old had converted to Islam in Germany. He went to Syria in 2013, along with his sister and a brother-in-law. The older sister, Karolina R., had returned later to Germany and was put on trial for supporting terrorism last month.

If the findings are true, Maksymlian R. will be the first ethnic Pole killed while fighting for the Islamic State.