PA - IS fighter
A 19-year-old soldier believed to be from Sussex has left his camp in Cyprus to fight Islamic State in the Middle East.
The squaddie, who was serving with 2nd Battalion the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, sent text to his parents to say he was going to join the Kurds in Syria and Iraq.
According to a national paper, he shared a barracks with fusilier Lee Rigby who was hacked to death in Woolwich in 2013.
A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman told The Argus: “We are aware of these reports and are looking into them.”
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