British Extremist is 2nd in Family to be Killed after Fighting in Syria

Local Editor

A British teenager has died fighting in Syria, six months after his brother was also killed in the country, their father has said.

Jaffar Deghayes, 17, left his home in Brighton earlier this year [2014] to join militant forces fighting to overthrow the Syrian government. The teenager is believed to have died at the weekend.

His brother Abdullah, 18, died in Latakia province in April after leaving in January to take up arms with the al-Qaeda-affiliated group, the so-called "al-Nusra Front".

Their father Abubaker Deghayes received a message from the pair's brother Amer, 20, who also travelled to Syria, relaying the news of the death of Jaffar.

In less than a week, another person, the brother of a British man who was killed while fighting in Syria with so-called "Daesh" ["ISIL"], has been charged in Britain with preparing terrorist acts. Mustakim Jaman, 23, from Portsmouth and the brother of Ifthekar Jaman, was charged under the Terrorism Act on Sunday.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team