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Jihadi John

Mohammed Emwazi
Emwazi wearing a mask in a video of a killing
Born
Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri

(1988-08-17)17 August 1988[1]
Al Jahra, Kuwait[2]
Died12 November 2015(2015-11-12) (aged 27)
Raqqa, Syria
Cause of deathDrone strike
Other names"Mohammed Emwazi"[3]
"John the Beatle"[4]
"Jailer John"[5]
Abu Abdullah al-Britani[6]
Abu Muharib al-Yemeni[7]
Mohammed al-Ayan[8]
Muhammad ibn Muazzam[9]
Mohammed Al-Zuhary[10]
Abu Muharib al-Muhajir[11] Jihadi John[3]
CitizenshipBritish[12]
EducationBSc (lower second-class honours) in Information Systems with Business Management from the University of Westminster (2009)[13][14]
Known forIslamic State beheading incidents
Military career
Allegiance Al-Nusra Front (2012–13)[7]
Islamic State (2013–15)[7]
Years of service2012–2015[15]
Battles/warsSyria

Mohammed Emwazi (born Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri; Arabic: محمد جاسم عبد الكريم عليان الظفيري;‎ 17 August 1988 – 12 November 2015) was a British militant of Kuwaiti origin seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group Islamic State (IS) 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".[3]

On 12 November 2015, United States officials reported that Emwazi had been hit by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria.[16] His death was confirmed by IS in January 2016.[11]

  1. ^ "First Photo of 'Jihadi John' As Adult Revealed". Sky News. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Mother recognised Mohammed Emwazi's voice on hostage videos". BBC. 2 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "'Jihadi John': Why do we give notorious criminals nicknames?". The Independent. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
  4. ^ Byman, Daniel (2019). "John the Beatle and the Syrian Civil War". Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 164–203.
  5. ^ "The hunt for British jihadist 'Jailer John'". The Times. 21 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Dozens of jihadis in fighting in Syria using the name 'al-Britani'". The Independent. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Jihadi John: A quiet man who hated Britain and was 'always ready for war'". ITV News. 25 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Mohammed Emwazi Revealed As Jihad John: What We Know About Islamic State's Most Wanted Man". The Huffington Post. 2 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Mohammed Emwazi: Man identified as Isis killer 'Jihadi John' 'stopped by MI5' while on safari holiday in Africa in 2010". The Independent. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
  10. ^ "The moment Jihadi John may have become a terrorist". The Washington Post. 2 March 2015.
  11. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cnn_obituary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bryan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "'Jihadi John' Used To Be 'Kind And Gentle'". Sky News. 27 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Jihadi John: Student record of Mohammed Emwazi leaked". The Daily Telegraph. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
  15. ^ "'The best employee we ever had': Mohammed Emwazi's former boss in Kuwait". The Guardian. 2 March 2015.
  16. ^ "'Jihadi John': high degree of certainty US airstrike killed Mohammed Emwazi, sources say". The Guardian. 13 November 2015.
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