UK Muslim convert dubbed ‘Jihadi Jack’ detained by Kurdish forces in Syria
Jack Letts suspected of joining Islamic State in Syria but told the BBC he escaped with the help of a people smuggler
A British Muslim convert dubbed “Jihadi Jack”, who is suspected of joining Islamic State, has reportedly been detained by Kurdish forces in Syria.
, 21, travelled to Syria in 2014 but last year told reporters he was not “currently” a militant and no longer supported Islamic State.
He is understood to have married in Iraq and now has a child.
The former A-level student, from Oxford, told the BBC he found a people smuggler whom he had to follow through a minefield in a bid to leave Isis-held territory.
Letts told the BBC via text and voice messages he had grown disillusioned with Islamic State, which is seeing its grip on territory in Syria and Iraq chipped away.
Watch: ‘Jihadi Jack’ interview with Channel 4