Former British marine reported killed in Syria

by French Press Agency - AFP

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Mar 04, 2015 12:00 am GMT+3

by French Press Agency - AFP

Mar 04, 2015 12:00 am

A former Royal Marine has become the first British fighter to be killed battling with Kurdish forces against Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants in Syria, the BBC reported. The BBC named the dead man as former marine Konstandinos Erik Scurfield from Yorkshire in northern England. Reports in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail said he was 25 years old. The BBC reported that a British pro-Kurdish activist had informed Scurfield's family of his death and that the YPG had asked if he could be buried in Syria as a martyr.

Last Update: Mar 04, 2015 11:57 pm

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