Giving him the distinction of being the first British national to carry out a suicide bombing in Syria, and probably not the last.

Via Telegraph:

A jihadist fighter with the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra group is thought to have become the first Briton to carry out a suicide attack in Syria.

The man, known only by his nom de guerre, Abu Suleiman al-Britani, was said to have blown himself up during a raid on a prison in Aleppo.

He had driven a truck packed with explosives into Aleppo’s central jail yesterday, according to British fighters in Syria. Hundreds of rebels followed behind, managing to free up to 300 prisoners held by Syrian forces.

If confirmed, Britani – believed to be British-born and of Pakistani origin – would be the eighth Briton to die fighting since Syria’s bloody civil war began three years ago.

A photograph taken before the attack which was posted on Twitter appears to show Britani inside a modified truck, or Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED), which is decked with the black Jabhat al-Nusra flag.

Another picture shows large plumes of spoke rising from the site after the device was detonated.

Charles Lister, a terrorism adviser at the Brookings Center in Doha, Qatar, told the Telegraph he was “99 per cent” sure that Britani was killed in yesterday’s suicide truck attack.