A British ex-Army mercenary fighting ISIS in Kurdish areas of Syria has boasted he has personally killed 26 militants - but it's "not enough yet".
The hired gun, a former soldier who "simply loves killing", has reportedly been fighting for the Kurds against "enemy" groups for four years.
But he was also jailed for doing so on trips back to the UK, according to a Russian report, which pictured him but did not reveal his name
The mercenary was quoted as saying: " I simply love killing, and it doesn't matter who my enemy is: ISIS, Assad or Barzani (the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan).
"Give me a gun, and I'll fight."
"When asked about number of militants he had killed, the man calmly replied: "26", according to report.
"And after a short pause, he added: 'Not enough yet'."
The mercenary was pictured at a camp an hour's drive from the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, named after Rustem Cudi.
Cudi was a German national, real name Gunther Helsten, who joined Kurdish militias in Syria and was killed while fighting ISIS.
However, the Brit is reportedly leaving the base near Makhmur soon for Rojava in northern Syria to fight ISIS there for the third time.
He had "happened to kill Russians", the mercenary admitted to journalist
But he also fought alongside them - and they were "very good on the battlefield".
"I went to fight for the Kurds for the first time in 2013," he was quoted as saying.
"There was no sign of the caliphate back then."
Before that, he had served in the British army and was recruited as a mercenary by former comrades, the man said, sharpening his knife as he spoke.
"It turned out that the British mercenary had been through a serious experience -- his military unit had been surrounded, and he was among a few who survived," reported lenta.ru , adding: "The death of his peers only made him more bloodthirsty" but there was "no personal hatred involved."
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