The girlfriend of a man fighting ISIS in Iraq has been forced to flee their home after terrorist cyber-trolls threatened to lay siege to the property.
Alan Duncan’s terrified 41-year-old partner upped sticks after ISIS supporters posted details about where she lives online in an attempt to get at the Gulf War veteran.
“Wanted Dead or Alive” posters plastered with Alan’s face have also been among the chilling threats sent to the couple.
Police are probing the serious allegations while his partner who does not wish to be named for fear of reprisals has now fled the Elgin home which they had bought together.
A source close to the couple said: “He’s made of stern stuff and can cope, but the trolls overstepped the mark when they started making threats about his partner and publishing details about the home she lives in.”
The ex-businessman has been fighting in the Kurdistani region of Iraq with Kurdish forces against ISIS since March.
Sources close to the pair say being under the spotlight has made him a prime target for cyber-trolling by ISIS supporters.
Last night, a close friend of the couple said the abuse had reached a level where they felt they had no option but to call the police in.
They said: “The abuse Alan has been getting has been very vitriolic.
“He’s been sent Wanted Dead or Alive posters with his face on it.
“I’m not surprised the police are involved now.”
Earlier this year it was revealed the fighter had blasted the British government’s response to ISIS as “shameful”.
He said he joined Kurdish forces because people in the Middle East have been left to fend for themselves.
In an interview he said he was there for “humanity and the Kurdish people” and that he was helping fight “the most disgusting people since the Nazis”.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland last night said: “We can confirm that an investigation is ongoing regarding this matter.”
Alan, 47 who served with the Royal Irish and Queen’s Own Highlanders regiments during his military career said he travelled
to the disputed area to help combat jihadists after being plagued by sleepless nights and feeling a need to do the “right thing”.
The Home Office has urged people not to join the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
Up to 700 Britons are believed to have headed to the area, including the two Darwood sisters from Bradford who fled there last week with their nine children.
A Sunday Post interview with Scotland’s top terror cop, John Cudhily, earlier this month suggested that up to 70 Scots could be involved in the conflict in the disputed region.
But only a handful of them have come to the public’s attention.
And it is known that not all have joined in the fight against ISIS like Alan.
Glasgow-born jihadi bride Aqsa Mahmood and Abdul Raqib Amin hit the headlines when they fled to join the Islamic State.
Aberdonian Raqib is rumoured to have been killed.
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