
A young man from port city Portsmouth who went to fight in Syria for Islamic State (IS) is reportedly killed on the frontline in Syria.
Mehdi Hassan, 19, traveled to Syria with five other men from southern Portsmouth in October last year, local media reported on Saturday.
"It has been confirmed with the family that he has died. Right now they are very upset," said Abdul Jalil, chairman of the Portsmouth Jami Mosque.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office said it had not received any reports about Hassan's death but was aware of reports about the death of a British national in Syria.
Hassan is the fourth man who was killed in the fighting. The last report of the death was Manunur Roshid, 24, who was killed in fighting on the Syrian frontline. His death had been confirmed by a mosque earlier on Tuesday.
Iftekar Jaman, 23, and Hamidur Rahman have been confirmed dead in December and August 2013, respectively.
Mashudur Choudhury, 31, were captured when he returned to Britain at Gatwick Airport in May. He was the first person in the country to be convicted of terrorist offences in connection with the conflict in Syria.
Assad Uzzaman, 25, is believed still fighting in Syria with IS.
Local media said an estimated 500 British people have traveled to Iraq and Syria to join IS, while study suggested that 24 Britons were believed to have died.
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