Grammar school jihadi warns of IS attacks on the West

Former grammar school pupil Shabazz Suleman, 19, regularly jokes about the Paris attacks on his Twitter page.

In an interview with The Times he said: “There’s so many brothers just waiting for the order to do attacks on the West.”

It is his first interview since he was reportedly released by the Turkish government in a prisoner exchange deal that has been criticised by some Western governments.

Had pizza in prison. Dominoes lol. Was allowed net. Shabazz Suleman

Mr Suleman told the Times he was among 200 Islamic State (IS) captives freed by the Turkish military last year, in exchange for 49 Turkish consular staff who had been captured when the Islamic State militants stormed into Mosul last summer.

A Twitter account claiming to be that of Suleman, under the name “Abu Shamil Britani”, shows the Buckinghamshire teenager joking about the recent Paris attacks.

On one post, which includes a picture of the Kouachi brothers who carried out the atrocity last week, Suleman writes: “‘From Paris with love’ is now ‘From Paris with Kalashnikovs’ hehe”

He has also posted pictures from Raqqa – including an image of a “spy”, beheaded and crucified.

Speaking to the Times about his detentions, Suleman said: “I had the option to get deported and not be linked to IS or be part of the exchange”.

He said Turkish police “were very friendly” and “understood why we wanted to fight in Syria.”

“It was good lol,” he wrote. “Had pizza in prison. Dominoes lol. Was allowed net.”

He said he and other Islamic State fighters spoke to the jihadist group whilst in prison, and “watched ISIS videos”.

After a month of waiting buses turned up to take him and other IS fighters to the Syrian border where they were released, Suleman said.

In October last year, Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu did not provide an explanation for the release of his country’s diplomats the previous month but did confirm the operation had been led by Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency.