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'Jihadi Jack' escapes from clutches of ISIS terrorists

PTI

 A 21-year-old British Muslim man, who travelled to the Islamic State-controlled area of Syria in 2014, says that he has escaped from the clutches of the dreaded terror group and he now "hate them more than the Americans."

Jack letts from Oxford, dubbed "Jihadi Jack", is suspected of going to Syria to fight for so-called Islamic State.

But he claims he is opposed to IS and has left their territory and is now being held by Kurdish forces fighting the group.

letts spoke to the BBC via text and voice messages.

Speaking about leaving IS territory, letts said: "I found a smuggler and walked behind him through minefields."