Former British rapper of Egyptian origin Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary He has been found dead in his prison cell where he was admitted, without the cause of his death being known at the moment. Prison sources have confirmed the death of the alleged jihadist, who had recently been tried at the National Court.
The prison – the sources have not specified which one he was in – has informed the guard court of the death, which will open an investigation to find out the causes, as well as Penitentiary Institutions. Before, the body will be autopsied.
On the 14th of this month, the trial against the former rapper, alias L. Jinnywho in 2020 arrived in Almería by boat from Algeria and was detained by the Police for the “risk to national security” represented by the fact that he was a returnee from Syria, according to the prosecutor in his final conclusions.
Precisely, in that last session of the trial, the representative of the Public ministry He maintained his request for 9 years in prison for the former rapper and 7 and 8 years for the other two defendants with whom he was arrested. He accused the three of them of forming a jihadist cell dedicated to committing banking scams on the internet and trafficking cryptocurrencies to “finance their terrorist activities.”
The prosecutor defended the police action, questioned by the defenses, and stated that the arrest was made urgently due to the suspicion that Abdel Bary was a combatant of the Islamic State In Syria. Interpol notified the Police of the entry of these three people into Spain and that led to the arrests, according to the prosecutor.