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'Jihadi John' militant identified as London man
Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British man believed to be from West London and who was known to UK security services, has been named as the masked militant seen in videos disseminated by IS.
The masked militant was seen in a number of videos showing the execution of Western hostages
The masked Islamic State militant known as 'Jihadi John', pictured in several videos showing the beheadings of Western hostages, has been named.
Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British man believed to be from West London and who was known to UK security services, has been named as the masked militant seen in videos disseminated by IS.
Emwazi first appeared in a video last August, when he apparently killed the American journalist James Foley.
He was later thought to have been pictured in the videos of the beheadings of US journalist Steven Sotloff, British aid worker David Haines, British taxi driver Alan Henning, and American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter.
Last month, the militant appeared in a video with the Japanese hostages Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto, shortly before they were killed.
Emwazi is believed to be an associate of a former UK control order suspect, who travelled to Somalia in 2006 and is allegedly linked to a facilitation and funding network for Somali militant group al-Shabab.
