Islamic State’s dreaded masked executioner “Jihadi John” has reportedly been killed in a US drone strike in Syria with UK officials saying “there was a high degree of certainty” over his death.
Islamic State’s dreaded masked executioner “Jihadi John” has reportedly been killed in a US drone strike in Syria with UK officials saying “there was a high degree of certainty” over his death.
The American military was 99 per cent certain that Mohammed Emwazi (27), who appeared in IS’s gruesome propaganda videos executing hostages, has been killed in the strike.
Downing Street and the UK defence ministry sources were marginally less certain in their response to the reports of his death than US sources, but added there was a “high degree of certainty that he has been killed”. The Pentagon is assessing whether the extremist was killed in their military action.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said although it was not yet certain whether the strike had been successful, targeting Emwazi was “the right thing to do”. If the raid killed him, “it will be a strike at the heart” of IS, he added.
