Briton fighting with Kurds killed in Syria

March 04, 2015 03:58 pm | Updated 03:58 pm IST - IRBIL, Iraq

A Kurdish commander said a British citizen fighting alongside his forces against the Islamic State group has been killed in Syria.

Redo Khalil, a commander in the YPG militia, said on Wednesday the British man, Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, was shot dead March 2 in the frontline village of Tel Khuzela. Another foreign fighter battling with the Kurds, American Jordan Matson, said he is with the body and working on getting the remains back to Britain.

Several foreign fighters have travelled to Syria and neighbouring Iraq to fight with Kurdish militias battling the Islamic State group. At least one other foreign fighter, Australian Ase Johnson, is known to have been killed.

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