'Ginger jihadi' IS fighter believed dead

A Sydney teenager who starred in an Islamic State propaganda video is believed to have been killed in Syria.

Security agencies suspect Abdullah Elmir, a former Bankstown student known as the Ginger Jihadi for his long red hair, died in the city of Raqqa eight to 10 weeks ago.

The 18-year-old is believed to have died in a bombing raid, The Australian reports.

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