Aberdeen Jihadi Fighter Killed In Syria

Published 7th Sep 2015

The Prime Minister has confirmed that Ruhul Amin, a jihadi fighter from Aberdeen, has been killed in Syria.

David Cameron says he was killed, alongside Cardiff-born Reyaad Khan, in an RAF drone strike in Syria in an "act of self-defence".

They were targeted on 21 August and died alongside another fighter, the PM told MPs.

In a statement to the Commons, Mr Cameron said: "My first duty as prime minister is to keep the British people safe.

"There was a terrorist directing murder on our streets and no other means to stop him.

"This government does not for one moment take these decisions lightly.

"But I am not prepared to stand here in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on our streets and have to explain to the House why I did not take the chance to prevent it when I could have done."