The family are thought to have lived off Swedish state handouts

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Michael Skråmo was handed more than £53,000 (50,000 Kroner) despite fleeing to war-torn Syria with his wife and four small children.

The 31-year-old regularly appeared in propaganda videos, posing alongside Kalashnikov assault rifles with his children.

Now going by the name of Abdul Samad al Swedi, the family are thought to have lived off Swedish state handouts of £627 (5,814 Kroner) a month.

It took more than a year for the country’s welfare agency, Försäkringskassan, to update their records and payments were made for at least eight months after they pledged their allegiance to the bloodthirsty regime.