'It's friends killing friends. Everything they stand for is fake': Former jihadi 'star' of ISIS propaganda videos reveals why he turned his back on the 'inhuman caliphate'
- Ex-jihadi Harry Sarfo, 27, said Syria bombings will radicalise more people
- Former Royal Mail worker set to face trial in Germany for terror offences
- He joined ISIS in April 2015 but left 'inhuman group' three months later
- Sarfo claimed police treatment in Germany caused him to join ISIS
A former jihadi has revealed he fled the 'inhuman' Islamic State after witnessing 'brothers killing brothers' and 'friends killing friends'.
German-born Harry Sarfo, who grew up in the UK, said he witnessed children taking part in executions and carrying suicide bombs and brutal stonings and beheadings during his three months with the caliphate.
Sarfo, 27, is currently being held at a German prison and is due to stand trial over terror offences after joining ISIS in April 2015. While there he featured in propaganda videos calling for people in Germany to join the terror group.
He was arrested upon his return to Europe three months later after fleeing ISIS over its 'extreme interpretation' of Sharia law.
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Former jihadi Harry Sarfo, pictured in an ISIS propaganda video, said bombing campaigns in Syria will only cause more people to join the terror group
In an interview with the Independent, Sarfo, who has appeared in an ISIS propaganda video, said: 'I witnessed stonings, beheadings, shootings, hands chopped off and many other things. I've seen child soldiers - 13-year-old boys with explosive belts and Kalashnikovs. Some boys even driving cars and involved in executions.'
He added: 'The Islamic State is not just un-Islamic, it is inhuman. A blood-related brother killed his own brother on suspicion of being a spy. They gave him the order to kill him. It is friends killing friends.'
Sarfo said Coalition bombing raids would only radicalise more people should they lose family members in the air strikes.
A former Royal Mail worker, Sarfo, who moved to London as a teenager, said he trained with ISIS in Syria and experienced bombings 'nearly every day', while he also heard jihadis talking about plans to attack the UK and Europe.
Sarfo, pictured, is awaiting trial in Germany for terror offences. He said he left ISIS last summer because of its 'extreme interpretation' of Sharia law
Pictured: Coalition bombs are dropped in the centre of the besieged Syrian town of Kobani as fighting in the city intensifies between defending Kurdish fighters and ISIS
Sarfo said he was attracted to the group because of its ideology of uniting people under one flag, and that he told its leaders he would not be prepared to take part in terror attacks.
He became radicalised after being forced to leave the UK in 2010 when he was jailed for a robbery in Germany.
While in prison he spent time with an Al Qaeda-linked recruiter and then joined a radical mosque in Bremen after his release.
Sarfo was then blocked from travelling to Syria on a 'charity mission' and said subsequent police treatment led to him joining ISIS after strict security measures 'destroyed his life' and 'made him the man they wanted'.
Experts say blaming security services has become a typical excuse for radicalised people.
Charlie Winter, a terrorism analyst of Georgia State University in the US, told the Independentpolice treatment alone 'would not cause someone to embrace ISIS ideology'.
He added Sarfo's argument that bombing would cause more people to flock to ISIS' cause was repeating the group's own propaganda.
ISIS has previously cited bombings as part of the reasons for its attacks in Paris and Belgium.
The Pentagon has recently estimated air strikes in Iraq and Syria between September 2015 and February 2016 have killed 20 civilians, bringing the 'official' total to 41 since the campaign against ISIS began.
Meanwhile Britain's bombing raids have wiped out 1,000 Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, official figures have revealed.
RAF warplanes blitzed secret underground bunkers, jihadists hiding in palm trees, vehicles packed with explosives and deadly sniper and machine gun positions.
Drone pilots, stationed at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, spent hours spying on targets as they prepared for battle, before killing them with laser-guided missiles and 500lb Paveway bombs
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3566914/It-s-friends-killing-friends-stand-fake-Former-jihadi-star-ISIS-propaganda-videos-reveals-turned-inhuman-caliphate.html
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