ISIS fanatic strangles mum with shoelace after she tried to stop him fleeing to Syria

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ISIS fanatic strangles mum with shoelace after she tried to stop him fleeing to Syria

A would-be jihadist strangled his mother with a shoelace yesterday after she tried to stop him going to fight in Syria.

The French fanatic, 25, is said to have confessed he turned on his mum, 62, when she begged him not to join ISIS.

Police arrested the would-be jihadi – who has not been identified – standing over his mother’s corpse at her home in the northern port of Le Havre at 5.30am.

Officers were investigating reports the jobless man had been radicalised online in recent weeks, despite never having attended his local mosque.

He told police he had “visions” of becoming a jihadi warrior but they declined to confirm the suspected motive for the killing pending checks of his mental state.

Police said he called them early yesterday confessing to the murder of his mum, who lived with him in the Graville district and was in the process of divorcing her husband.

A police source said last night:
“His mental state is being evaluated.
“He claims he killed his mother because she objected to him going to Syria but inquiries are continuing.”