Cardiff jihadi's chilling message to would-be militant: You can get a suicide belt for free that will kill people hundreds of metres away
Aseel Muthana posts latest terrifying message from the Cardiff trio on ask.fm
Darren Devine
Aseel Muthana, fighting with Isis in Syria © WALES NEWS SERVICE
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A Cardiff jihadi fighting in Iraq and Syria has told a would-be militant how they can get a suicide belt for free to kill people from "hundreds of metres" away.
Aseel Muthana offered the advice in an exchange on social networking site ask.fm after being quizzed about explosive belts and their destructive power.
The 17-year-old followed his brother Nasser, 20, to the region to join Islamic State fighters, who have taken over parts of Iraq and Syria. They have been fighting alongside fellow militant Reyaad Khan, 20, also from Cardiff.
In the exchange Aseel is asked: "As salaamu alaykum brother bhow much is an explosive belt. Does it do alot [sic] of damage. Would you use one."
Writing under the alias @abufarriss123 he replied: "You can get it for free. It can kill ppl around up to hundreds of meters [sic]."
The English-language exchange on the site will fuel concerns British Muslims are swelling the ranks of Islamic State extremists.
Hundreds are said to have journeyed to Iraq and Syria to fight.
Earlier this week Khan sparked fears he would get involved in suicide attacks when he told on Twitter of how he had "Spent the day with 2 German brothers waiting 2 do martyrdom ops."
Using the alias Abu Dujana RK Khan he has also boasted of committing prisoner executions and posted pictures of the maimed corpses of alleged victims.
On Wednesday Nasser, who with Khan featured in the Islamic State's first English language propaganda video – uploaded before and after images of a military building being destroyed in an area in the north of the country.
He also said fighters with the Islamic State, previously known as Isis, would slaughter any Yazidi men they captured in northern Iraq and enslave their women and children.
Reyaad Khan has been identified as the latest member of a growing band of young men who have travelled from the UK to the Middle East to fight in conflicts there and in June he appeared in a promotional video for Isis.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the UK would "consider favourably" any request for the supply of arms to help Kurdish forces combat Islamic State forces and EU foreign ministers have condemned "atrocities and abuses" against religious minorities.