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Abu Sabiq al-Belgiki

Abu Sabiq al-Belgiki (22 June 1990 – 19 November 2015) was a member of the Islamic State from Belgium.

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Umar Majnoun was born on 22 June 1990 in Molenbeek, a suburb of Brussels in Belgium. He was from a family of Sunni Muslims originally from Morocco, and he later became radicalized. al-Belgiki joined the Molenbeek terrorist cell and later headed to fight in the Syrian Civil War, planning attacks back in Europe. After the November 2015 Paris attacks, Belgium cracked down on Islamic State supporters, so Abu Sabiq al-Belgiki was stuck in Syria. On 19 November 2015 he was killed in a French Air Force airstrike.

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