[h=1]'If it is him, I will kill him myself': Sister's shock over claims her brother and former bouncy castle salesman is the new Jihadi John after admitting killer's voice sounds 'like him'[/h][h=2]
British security agents are racing to identify the militant who spoke with an English accent in a sick new execution video in which he is seen shooting an alleged British spy.
Speculation mounted today that the gunman could be Siddhartha Dhar, a British jihadi who fled to join the terror group in Syria while on police bail for encouraging terrorism in 2014.
His sister, Konika Dhar, admitted the voice sounded 'a bit like' her brother, but did not believe it was him.
Ms Dhar, from North London, said: 'If it is him, bloody hell am I shocked? I am going to kill him myself. He is going to come back and I am going to kill him if he has done this.
'I can't believe it. This is just so shocking for me. I don't know what the authorities are doing to confirm the identity, but I need to know if it is.'
Speculation was mounting that the ISIS executioner dubbed the 'new Jihadi John' (left) is British fanatic Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah (right) who taunted police after skipping bail to flee to Syria
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Siddhartha Dhar (pictured, far right, at a rally) was one of nine men detained on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting the banned group Al-Muhajiroun
His mother today said she could not be sure of it was her son but was shocked by the revelations, and never suspected he had terrorist links, describing him as 'sensitive and shy'.
Speaking at her home today, mother Sobita Dhar said: 'These are the most difficult questions to answer - I just cannot say. I'm not sure within myself whether it's the truth or not.
'I last saw him before he went off to Syria two years ago.'
The father-of-four from Walthamstow was one of nine men detained on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting the banned group Al-Muhajiroun.
The former bouncy castle salesman later posted a picture of himself cradling his baby while brandishing an AK-47 to taunt security services whose blunders allowed him to escape.
Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, is believed to have met, and possibly mentored, Michael Adebolajo, one of the murderers of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
Terror expert Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at Royal United Services, also believed the executioner's voice sounded like Dhar's.
He said: 'He sounds a bit like Abu Rumaysah from Al-Muhajiroun videos. From watching him in Al-Muhajiroun videos and this new video he sounds very similar.
'The masked man sounds like he is from London. ISIS is full of people who are from all over the place, but he seems educated, given he uses the word 'imbecile' a number of times.
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- British spies race to identify masked jihadi who spoke with English accent
- Claims circulate he is British fanatic Siddhartha Dhar, aka Abu Rumaysah
- He was arrested in 2014 on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting the banned militant group Al-Muhajiroun
- Taunted police after fleeing to Syria with his wife and family while on bail
British security agents are racing to identify the militant who spoke with an English accent in a sick new execution video in which he is seen shooting an alleged British spy.
Speculation mounted today that the gunman could be Siddhartha Dhar, a British jihadi who fled to join the terror group in Syria while on police bail for encouraging terrorism in 2014.
His sister, Konika Dhar, admitted the voice sounded 'a bit like' her brother, but did not believe it was him.
Ms Dhar, from North London, said: 'If it is him, bloody hell am I shocked? I am going to kill him myself. He is going to come back and I am going to kill him if he has done this.
'I can't believe it. This is just so shocking for me. I don't know what the authorities are doing to confirm the identity, but I need to know if it is.'
Speculation was mounting that the ISIS executioner dubbed the 'new Jihadi John' (left) is British fanatic Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah (right) who taunted police after skipping bail to flee to Syria
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Siddhartha Dhar (pictured, far right, at a rally) was one of nine men detained on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting the banned group Al-Muhajiroun
His mother today said she could not be sure of it was her son but was shocked by the revelations, and never suspected he had terrorist links, describing him as 'sensitive and shy'.
Speaking at her home today, mother Sobita Dhar said: 'These are the most difficult questions to answer - I just cannot say. I'm not sure within myself whether it's the truth or not.
'I last saw him before he went off to Syria two years ago.'
The father-of-four from Walthamstow was one of nine men detained on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting the banned group Al-Muhajiroun.
The former bouncy castle salesman later posted a picture of himself cradling his baby while brandishing an AK-47 to taunt security services whose blunders allowed him to escape.
Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, is believed to have met, and possibly mentored, Michael Adebolajo, one of the murderers of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
Terror expert Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at Royal United Services, also believed the executioner's voice sounded like Dhar's.
He said: 'He sounds a bit like Abu Rumaysah from Al-Muhajiroun videos. From watching him in Al-Muhajiroun videos and this new video he sounds very similar.
'The masked man sounds like he is from London. ISIS is full of people who are from all over the place, but he seems educated, given he uses the word 'imbecile' a number of times.
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