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| Reyaad Khan, from Cardiff and Ruhul Amin, from Aberdeen. |
Two UK Islamic State fighters who died in Syria were killed by an
RAF drone strike, David Cameron has told MPs.Cardiff-born Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin, from Aberdeen, died last month in Raqqa, alongside another fighter, the PM said - in the first UK targeted drone attack on British citizens.
Khan, 21, had been plotting "barbaric" attacks on British soil, he said.
The "act of self defence" was lawful, Mr Cameron said, despite MPs previously ruling out UK military action in Syria.
Khan was killed in a precision strike by a remotely piloted aircraft, "after meticulous planning", while he was travelling in a vehicle, the prime minister said.
Another British national, Junaid Hussain, from Birmingham, was killed in a separate air strike by US forces in Raqqa on 24 August, the prime minister confirmed.
Both had been planning to attack "high-profile public commemorations" taking place in the UK this summer, he said.
The attorney general had been consulted and agreed there was a "clear legal basis" for it, Mr Cameron added.
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman urged the government to publish the legal advice.
Two years ago MPs rejected possible UK military action in Syria, but last September approved British participation in air strikes against IS targets in Iraq only.
However, officials said the UK would "act immediately [in Syria] and explain to Parliament afterwards" if there was "a critical British national interest at stake".
'Directing murder'
In his statement to the Commons, Mr Cameron said: "My first duty as prime minister is to keep the British people safe."There was a terrorist directing murder on our streets and no other means to stop him.
"This government does not for one moment take these decisions lightly.
"But I am not prepared to stand here in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on our streets and have to explain to the House why I did not take the chance to prevent it when I could have done."
Source: BBC
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