A karate master from Galewela, Kandy who has been reportedly killed in Syria in an air strike last week is said to be the first Sri Lankan member of the ISIS, international and social media reports said.

Several condolence messages from his karate students are now pouring into the Facebook.

Known in the Islamic State as Abu Shuraih Sailani (local name withheld for obvious reasons) the message on Facebook states that Sailani attained 'Shahada'(Glory) due to a coalition airstrike after maghrib salah when returning home on 25th Ramadan 14:36h.