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| A pair of British medical students who joined Isis after leaving their studies in South Sudan have reportedly been killed in Iraq. | A pair of British medical students who joined Isis after leaving their studies in South Sudan have reportedly been killed in Iraq. |
| Ahmed Sami Khider, from London, and Hisham Fadlallah, originally from Nottinghamshire, are thought to have died at the weekend. | Ahmed Sami Khider, from London, and Hisham Fadlallah, originally from Nottinghamshire, are thought to have died at the weekend. |
| Khider was killed by gunfire as he travelled in a convoy attempting to leave Mosul, the BBC reported. | |
| It is not known if Fadlallah was killed at the same time. | |
| They were among nine young British medical students – five men and four women – who travelled to the Middle East to help wounded people in Syria. | They were among nine young British medical students – five men and four women – who travelled to the Middle East to help wounded people in Syria. |
| The group, all aged in their late teens and early 20s, allegedly flew to Istanbul from Sudan on 12 March in order to assist victims of war in Isis-controlled areas. | The group, all aged in their late teens and early 20s, allegedly flew to Istanbul from Sudan on 12 March in order to assist victims of war in Isis-controlled areas. |
| The students were born and raised in England, but had been studying medicine in Sudanese capital Khartoum. | The students were born and raised in England, but had been studying medicine in Sudanese capital Khartoum. |
| Shortly after arriving in Syria, Khider appeared in a propaganda film urging other Britons to travel to Syria and Iraq. | Shortly after arriving in Syria, Khider appeared in a propaganda film urging other Britons to travel to Syria and Iraq. |
| While many Isis films show pictures of masked men posing with guns, the softly spoken son of a doctor appealed for fellow UK doctors to join him in building a new society. | |
| "There is a really good medical service being provided here, lots of hospitals… paediatric hospitals, with specialised doctors," said the former student of Wallington County Grammar School in south London, sitting behind a desk in a wood-panelled office with a stethoscope around his neck. | |
| The son of a doctor, who finished his UMST medical degree in July 2014, added: "Dear brothers and sisters, we as Muslims and as doctors have a great responsibility. | |
| "All you are doing is sitting in the West in the comfort of your homes. Use your skills and come here." |