KANNUR: The police Wednesday said ten members from a family in Kannur had joined ISIS and four from them have been killed. The ten were from a house coming under the Kannur city police limits.

Popular front leaders T V Shameer, Anwar, their wives and children are among the ten. Shameer, Anwar, Shameer’s children Safwan and Salman are those killed. Police said there is no information about their wives.

Shameer and his family first joined ISIS and then Anwar and his family. Anwar, his wife and three children left their home on November 19 in 2018 for a pleasure trip to Bengaluru and Mysuru. Police said Anwar’s wife was pregnant while leaving the house. They were later found missing. On an investigation following a complaint it was informed that they reached Syria via Iran.

It has been informed that almost 35 from Kannur alone joined ISIS. Police are in the process of intensifying investigation.