Daesh video gunman ‘identified’ as Hindu origin Londoner

He had been arrested in 2014 on suspicion of encouraging terrorism, but later fled Britain and traveled to Syria while on bail.

Dhar was a fan of Nirvana and Arsenal soccer, British media reports.

“The last time I saw him it was about two months before he left and joined so-called Islamic State and we were laughing”, Robb Leech, a man who knew Dhar, tells BBC radio according to Reuters. He urged caution, pointing out that several people have been incorrectly named in the past.

The video, released on December 3, shows the man with a British accent directing the execution after describing Prime Minister David Cameron as an “imbecile” for dropping bombs on Syria.

The five prisoners kneeling in front of him are then shown to be executed. It has not yet been verified.

YouTube Authorities are trying to confirm whether a masked militant in the latest ISIS execution video is British-born Siddhartha Dhar.

Dhar, who was known as “Sid” to friends, enjoyed drinking, loved the bands Nirvana and Linkin Park, and had dreams of becoming a dentist, the Daily Mail reports, citing interviews with his family.

Official confirmation that it is Dhar in the video is unlikely.

Dhar was a Hindu living in Walthamstow, a suburb of East London.

Mr Anderson played down suggestions that security agencies should have been monitoring Dhar, saying: “There are thousands of people who are subjects of interest”. She moved to Syria in 2012 and married Swedish jihadist Abu Bakr, according to ITV News.

‘I’ve seen what a democracy has to offer and quite frankly it is quite oppressive.

“All I can say is I still really miss him, he’s still my brother”.

Dhar’s sister initially told the BBC she thought she recognized her brother’s voice but could not be certain.

Dhar even wrote 46-page-long guide to ISIS, talking about the life in the caliphate.

Because the black balaclava-wearing man delivered a threatening statement in English, he was immediately compared to “Jihadi John”, the former Islamic State English-language propagandist who appeared in beheading videos before he was killed in a drone strike in Syria in November. “I know him very well”, he said, adding that he was being used for propaganda and “as a shield”.

“I was in a state of shock”, said Konika Dhar. Henry Dare of London has said he believes the boy, who’s around 5 years old, is his grandson. “I can’t disown him”.

Downing Street also confirmed that security services have completed an “initial assessment” of the identity of the masked jihadi with a British accent who appears on the 10-minute IS film. The Foreign Office told Mashable there was no update on the investigation Tuesday morning.