Suspected radicalized Montreal teen said to have died in Iraq

One of theseven young Quebecerssuspected of joining jihadists fighting overseas last winter is said to havedied in Iraq, according to Radio-Canada sources.

The parents of a student at Collge de Maisonneuvesay they received a call from abroad, saying their son had died in Iraq.

Parents of the student say they received a call from a woman speaking Arabic, saying their son had died as a "martyr"in the Iraqi city ofTikrit.

Radio-Canada sources report that investigators with theRCMPare taking thereport seriously,but wouldn'tconfirm the death.

Radio-Canada has decided not to release the young man's name out of respect for his family.

Like four of the seven students who left Montreal in mid-January, the young manwas a frequent visitor to the Islamic community centre led byAdil Charkaoui.