Mohammed Emwazi was a British-Kuwaiti militiant. He was seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group ISIL. A group of his hostages nicknamed him ‘John’ since he was part of a four-person terrorist cell with English accents whom they called ‘The Beatles’ The press later began calling him ‘Jihadi John’ He was killed by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria in November 2015. His death was confirmed by ISIL in January 2016.
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Mohammed Emwazi was a British-Kuwaiti militiant. He was seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group ISIL showing the beheadings of a number of captives in 2014 and 2015. A group of his hostages nicknamed him ‘John’ since he was part of a four-person terrorist cell with English accents whom they called ‘The Beatles’ The press later began calling him ‘Jihadi John’ He was killed by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria in November 2015. His death was confirmed by ISIL in January 2016. He is believed to have been killed by the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. He may have resisted and been shot dead: a senior surgeon performed a detailed examination of the video that ended with a shot of Peter Kassig’s severed head. There has been speculation that, faced with the prospect of being shot dead, he may have performed a possible shot of the gunshot wound. He has also been linked to the beheading of British aid worker David Haines in September 2014. The nickname refers to John Lennon of the Beatles; the three other group members were each given the first name of one of the other Beatles. The nicknames ‘John the Beatle’ and ‘Jailer John’ were created by journalists and used by the BBC and other sources. He had previously worked as a salesman at an IT company in Kuwait and was considered by his boss as the best employee the company ever had. He attended St Mary Magdalene Church of England primary school, and later Quintin Kynaston School.
In 2006, he went to the University of Westminster, studying Information Systems with Business Management. He secured a lower second-class BSc on graduation three years later. He worked as an IT salesman in Kuwait until age 21, and then moved to the UK in 1994. He lived in Maida Vale, later living in St John’s Wood and finally in Queen’s Park. He also worked in the IT industry in London as a sales manager. He later moved to Manchester and worked for a software company in the City of London. In August 2014, a video was posted by ISIS showing American journalist Steven Sotloff’s beheading. The White House confirmed the video’s authenticity. On 16 November 2014 a video of Emwaz standing over a severed head, which the White House. confirmed was that of Peter Kassig. Unlike previous videos that cut away without the killing, this one shows the faces of many of the militants, and that this video was filmed in Aleppo Province, Syria. It was said that the number of victims was at least 12 or 18, with many of them being killed by various militants. It has been reported that the video was made by the group Dabiq, a group led by a group of Syrian soldiers, and was released by a masked man. The video was said to be released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) on 17 August 2014.
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