London Bridge attacker Youssef Zaghba pictured on night out with pals – as it emerges friends nicknamed him ‘Ibra’ after Zlatan Ibrahimovic
THIS is playboy terrorist Youssef Zaghba living it up on a lads' weekend at a seaside party resort.
London Bridge attacker Zaghba, 22, showed no sign of being a fundamentalist - chatting up women and dancing the night away in a string venues, according to friends.
Dressed in a black T-shirt, sunglasses and his hair tied back in a trendy man bun, the then 19 year old was nicknamed 'Ibra' by pals for his resemblance to Man Utd star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
In exclusive video obtained by The Sun, Moroccan born Zaghba and his pals were filmed at the weekend event in the party resort of Rimini on Italy's Adriatic coast in 2014.
Zaghba regularly visited the resort when he flew from Morocco to visit his mum Valeria Collina's family who live at Castello di Serravalle near Bologna just 45 minutes away.
Rimini has been dubbed Italy's Magaluf and is popular with a young party crowd who go to enjoy hedonistic booze-filled nights at thumping nightclubs.
In the video one of his friends runs through a list of nightclubs the group have been to and Zaghba can be seen laughing and smiling in the background with his arms around his mates.
Other pictures exclusively obtained by The Sun show Zaghba partying in clubs in Bologna but at the same time he was hiding a deep resentment after his parents separated.
Yesterday friends told The Sun the ladies man, who had regular one night stands, was left deeply traumatised after his mum Valeria split from dad Mohammed.
Muslim convert Valeria, 68, moved back to Italy in 2015 after she left Mohammed in Fez, Morocco.
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One pal said:"Up until then he was the life and soul of the gang.Every time he came to visit relatives in italy in the summer we would hit the town.
"We went to ladies night in Rimini near Bologna and Youssef was mad for it. He had his hair shaved at the sides and a man bun and we called him Ibra because he looked like Ibrahimovic.
''He was kissing girls in the clubs and getting phone numbers from them.
"He was loving it. He was a good looking lad and the girls fell for him all the time but there was nothing long term or serious. They were just summer flings.
"Then when he came back in the summer of 2015 he had changed completely, it was when his parents split. He wasn't the same guy. He seemed to have lost his love for life.
"He would come clubbing but you could see from the pictures his face had changed.
"We think its because of his parents split he became more fundamental. Up until then he hadn't shown any interest in religion.
"He told me he was working in London and was friends with a very religious Pakistani man. That must have been the ringleader and Youssef looked up to him as he had no father figure."
Twisted IS fanatic Zaghba was one of three terrorists who killed eight people in the van and knife attack and the bloodbath stunned childhood pals in Bologna.
Yesterday it also emerged his sister Kaouthar, 24, who shunned Islam preferring skimpy outfits and mini skirts was fired from her job.
One pal, who asked to be named, said:"None of us can believe Youssef was involved in any of this. He was just a young guy like the rest of us having fun. He had his whole life in front of him.
"I heard his sister was fired from the clothes shop where she worked in town because of what happened.
"She didn't get on with him the last couple of years because they argued over how she dressed."
Youssef would spend summers in Italy when visiting his mum's relatives.
The pal said:"He was a handsome guy and we would spend the afternoons playing football or swimming in the river.
"He loved rock music and let his hair grow long once but then cut it back short.
"At night we would go into the centre of Bologna in the main square and chat up girls or pick them up in nightclubs."
Zaghba would hang out in the rough Bolognina area of Bologna close to the city's main railway station with his friends.
Another pal said:"When he came over from Morocco to visit us in Italy he would bring trainers with him and we would sell them to make a bit of extra cash."
Zaghba and his pals would hit clubs in Bologna such as Memorabilia where he was snapped in the VIP section as our exclusive picture shows in January 2015 and T:ME.
Another friend added:"It's mad what happened in London. I have even had the cops at my house. They took my phone, computer and pictures of me and Youssef away."