Florist’s shock at appearing in ISIS magazine that encourages jihadists to target ‘merry crusader citizens selling flowers’
THE evil publication also called for lone wolf attacks on children in playgrounds, and OAPs queuing at bus stops
A FLORIST said he was shocked to find himself the target of terrorist death threats after featuring in an ISIS magazine calling for attacks on ordinary Brits.
Stephen Leyland – who supplies flowers to the stars - said he "didn't know any jihadis" after counter-terrorism police interviewed him.
A shocked Stephen , from Manchester, told The Times: “They said that the foreign secretary had asked about it.
"It has come as a bit of a shock. When I was first contacted I thought it was a wind-up. I really don't know what to do."
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Stephen added: “I'm not scared but I am concerned that the photo is in this magazine. I don't know any jihadis. My customers are the Alderley Edge crowd, footballers' wives and those sort of people."
The photograph of Mr Leyland had a caption encouraging Isis supporters to take: "Even the blood of a merry Crusader citizen selling flowers to passersby."
Stephen's image is beneath the headline: "The Kafir's [infidel's] blood is halal for you, so shed it."
The Isis magazine also listed children playing in parks, businessmen riding to work and OAPs waiting at bus stops.
It also named sites in other Western locations such as Bondi Beach and Melbourne cricket ground in Australia as potential targets.
The 38-page magazine follows a long line of Isis publications aimed at inciting extreme violence in the west.
Isis has encouraged "lone wolf" attacks by supporters with no direct links to the group.
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