UK rapper turned Islamic State fighter dies in Spanish jail

Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary had been on trial in Madrid and was awaiting the verdict

A man from London who was stripped of his British nationality over his links to Islamic State has died in custody in Spain.

Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, a former rapper who allegedly posed for photographs holding a severed head, was found dead in a Spanish prison on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. The cause of death is unconfirmed.

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