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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   British Volunteer fighter reportedly killed himself so ISIS couldn't   
   capture him   
      
      
   A British man who volunteered to join Kurdish fighters in Syria faced   
   imminent capture by the Islamic State terror group -- and chose to kill   
   himself rather than become a prisoner, his parents told U.K. media on   
   Wednesday.   
      
   Ryan Lock, a 20-year-old chef from West Sussex, had no military experience but   
   felt compelled to lend a hand in the terror fight, Sky News reported. His   
   parents said he told them he'd be vacationing in Turkey last August, but   
   instead joined the Kurdish    
   militia known as the YPG.   
      
   Lock and at least four other fighters were surrounded by ISIS fighters on Dec.   
   21 in Ja'bar, west of the terror group's Syrian hub of Raqqa, the BBC   
   reported. None of the five made it out alive.   
      
   After other Kurdish fighters received Lock's body, they noticed a "trace of a   
   gunshot wound was found under the chin" suggesting he killed himself, the BBC   
   added.   
      
   His father, Jon Plater, said that's exactly what he believes his son did.   
      
   "Our martyr fell putting up a brave fight," YPG General Command member   
   Mihyedin Xirki said at a ceremony honoring Lock. Video showed fighters   
   carrying his coffin -- along with a British flag and his photo -- to an   
   ambulance.   
      
      
   Lock was at least the third British man to die fighting ISIS alongside the   
   Kurds, according to the BBC.   
      
   "Since we heard the devastating news of Ryan, it's been pretty tough,   
   especially the difficulties surrounding the repatriation," Plater said. "We   
   are grateful to the YPG for bringing him home."   
      
   His parents also described him as a "caring and loving boy."   
      
   "I personally believe he deserves the very highest of military honors for such   
   outstanding bravery in the face of such a barbaric enemy," Kurdish rights   
   activist Mark Campbell told the BBC.   
      
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