Jihadi John suspect 'wanted to target American music festival': Former manager feared rapper was using music career as cover to enter US and carry out terror attack

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Jihadi John suspect 'wanted to target American music festival': Former manager feared rapper was using music career as cover to enter US and carry out terror attack

    Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary is suspected of killing U.S. journalist James Foley
    He previously performed as a rapper before turning to extremism
    Music managers in the U.S. say he wanted to perform at festival there
    But they turned him down for slot on stage after hearing of his links to jihad

By Richard Spillett for MailOnline

Published: 02:41 EST, 2 September 2014 | Updated: 05:26 EST, 2 September 2014

The British jihadist suspected of killing US journalist James Foley sparked fears of a terror attack at a music festival when he asked to perform before a huge crowd, it emerged today.

Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary - thought to have been behind Mr Foley's gruesome murder in Syria - raised worries among music bosses while trying to get work as a rapper.

He reportedly asked music industry figures in Los Angeles to 'get him to America' before turning angry when he was turned down over his links to extremism.



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