Radical British Islamist who stabbed football fan in the head with a pen skips bail and joins Islamic State in Syria

A radical Islamist who stabbed a football fan in the head with a pen has skipped bail and fled Britain to join ISIS in Syria. Abu Rahin Aziz, 32, from Luton, skipped bail before he was handed a 36-week jail sentence in absence for attacking a football fan in London’s West End.

He told his followers on Twitter that he ‘stabbed a kafir [non-believer] in the back of a head (sic) with a pen in London for insulting the prophet Mohammed.’

The former credit control operator, who is an associate of the radical cleric Anjem Choudary, has since posted a picture of himself dressed in a military vest and posing with an AK-47 rifle.

He was once part of a radical hate group called Muslims against Crusaders, who set fire to a large poppy on Armistice Day in 2010.

The group also reportedly targeted Andrew White, who had been watching the League Two play-off final, before chanting ‘f*** the Queen’ after allegedly assaulting him.

On Saturday, Aziz contemplated on Twitter which method he would use to destroy his British passport, confirming his intention not to return to the UK. He wrote: ‘Still deciding to what to do with my British passport, could burn it, flush it down the toilet.’