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The incredible moment Ross Kemp is nearly shot dead by ISIS sniper while filming his latest documentary
Eastenders hardman in near miss as terror bosses order gunmen to 'get the Westerners'
THIS is the shocking moment Ross Kemp survives a brush with death as he is shot at by ISIS snipers from just 300 metres away.
The former Eastenders star winced as bullets narrowly missed him as he makes a run for shelter, while terrorist chiefs ordered gunmen to “get the westerners”.
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Ross, 51, is told to run for hard cover as the sniper's shots ricocheted off a wall,
The action man is in Syria filming his new documentary Ross Kemp: The Fight Against ISIS.
The region has been under the thrall of the terror group since 2013 and is one of the most dangerous places on Earth.
The threat became very real when ISIS targeted Ross and his film crew.
Ross said: “We came under pretty intense sniper fire.
“You don’t hear the bullets moving towards you – they’re travelling too fast. Faster than the speed of sound.
“You hear the snap as they break the sound barrier and the snap as they hit the wall.
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"You can feel the air pressure changing – you can feel the whoosh, the whip of the wind around the bullet. You can feel it.”
The TV star admits he thought he was going to die after being zeroed in on by ISIS gunmen.
He added: “It’s part of the job.
“If you’re going to go on the front line, you should be under no illusions that there’s a good chance you’re going to get shot at.”
Kurdish troops accompanying the crew tapped into ISIS radios during the attack and heard the order to shoot at them.
Ross added: “They listened to them on the radios saying ‘Get the Westerners’. “We stood out, because we were wearing body armour.”
Fortunately, Ross and his team were unharmed.
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Others in the same area of north east Syria were not as lucky.
Metres away from Ross’s hideout were the bodies of two ISIS soldiers killed in one of three attacks that day.
Ross, 51, says: “You’re thinking: ‘Keep your head down. Don’t risk putting your head over the parapet when you’re moving around’.
“Going through your head is ‘Stay alive. Get home in one piece.’
“It’s pretty terrifying. The adrenaline’s flying and you’re telling yourself nothing is going to hit you.
“You have to mentally convince yourself that you’re a survivor.
“If you felt that everything was going to kill you or hurt you there, you’d never get on the plane.”
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Ross had to deal with the real possibility that he could be captured and beheaded by ISIS thugs and says his wife of four years, lawyer Renee, mother to their 15-month-old son, Leo, is “very aware” of the dangers.
He said: ““She knows that what I do is sometimes hazardous and dangerous.
“I met her on a boozy night in London, on a blind date after I’d just come back from Afghanistan. She knows what I do.
“The boots appear, the bergens get filled up with kit, and she knows it’s going to be that kind of trip.”
The new documentary, set to air this week, is the latest in a long line of films fronted by Ross that explores different ideas of violence.
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