The police said these people were active workers of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala.
Experts said ISIS, responsible for seven of the 10 deadliest attacks since 2012, was increasingly encouraging the use of knives and vehicles over firearms and explosives by their followers. (Photo: AP/Representational)
Kannur: The Kerala Police, on Thursday, confirmed that six more youth from Kannur have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria.
The police said these people were active workers of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala.
On October 26, two men were arrested for their suspected links with Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
The arrests had been made after three people from Kannur, who were believed to have joined IS, left the country to undergo training in Syria, were arrested by the police.
Earlier in July, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operative Shajahan Velluva Kandy, a resident of Kannur in Kerala, was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International airport on his deportation by the Turkish authorities.
( Source : ANI )
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