The 64-year-old florist was unaware of being on ISIS hit-list until he was contacted by counter-terror officers on Tuesday.
The 64-year-old florist was unaware of being on ISIS hit-list until he was contacted by counter-terror officers on Tuesday.
London
: A florist from a small town in northwest England on Wednesday expressed his shock at being pictured in a propaganda magazine of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS.
Stephen Leyland, who runs a Flower Stall in Cheshire, appeared in the dreaded terrorist group's new 'Rumiyah' magazine that called for more lone-wolf attacks in the West targeting people like him.
The 64-year-old was unaware of unwittingly being on ISIS hit-list by his image being used from his website stevetheflowerman.Co.Uk, until he was contacted by counter-terror officers on Tuesday.
-"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. I'm not scared but I am concerned that the photo is in this magazine.
-"I don't know any jihadis,-" Leyland told 'The Times'.
-"They (counter-Terrorism officers) said that the foreign secretary (Boris Johnson) had asked about it,-" he added.
Leyland describes himself as -"The Flower Man-" and an -"old fashioned market trader-" on his website.
The 38-page magazine is among a number of ISIS publications aimed at inciting extreme violence in the West.
