Report names Islamic State’s “Jihadi John”

The Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John is reported to have been unmasked as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, aged 27
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Mohammed Emwazi: Kuwaiti-born British man believed to be from Queen’s Park in West London

2009: Graduates in computer sciences from University of Westminster

May 2009: Emwazi believed to have been radicalised after being deported during visit to Tanzania. Questioned by MI5 – UK’s domestic security agency – over suspicions he plans to travel to Somalia to join al-Shabab militants

Late 2009: Moves to Kuwait to work for computer company

Jun 2010: Detained again by British security services

2012: Travels to Syria, later joining so-called Islamic State

2013: Emwazi is identified as part of team guarding Western captives at prison in Idlib, Syria. Nicknamed Jihadi John by some of his hostages
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Victims seen in videos featuring Jihadi John

1 Aug 19, 2014: American photojournalist James Foley, aged 40, beheaded by IS after U.S. declines to pay $132 million ransom

2 Sep 2: U.S.-Israeli journalist Steven J. Sotloff, 31, beheaded

3 Sep 13: British aid worker David Haines, 44, beheaded

4 Oct 3: British aid worker and ambulance driver Alan Henning, 47, beheaded

5 Nov 16: Former U.S. Army Ranger and aid worker Peter Kassig, 26, beheaded. Detailed examination of video suggests Kassig may have resisted his captors

6 Jan 20, 2015: Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa, 42, beheaded. IS demands Jordan release female militant

7 Jan 30: Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, 47, beheaded
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Sources: Washington Post, BBC 

Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images

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