The death of Mohammed Emwazi, or better known as Jihadi John, has been confirmed by the Islamic State (IS) after it was published in the terrorist group's magazine. Jihadi John appeared in the propaganda videos of the group showing the murders of their hostages.
In a report by The Guardian, IS published a eulogizing profile of Emwazi in their English-language magazine called Dabiq. The Site Intelligence Group, which monitors terrorist activity, confirmed this and said that IS published the section on Tuesday.
In an excerpt from the Dabiq article, it reads: "His harshness towards the kuffar [non-believers] was manifested through deeds that enraged all the nations, religions, and factions of kuffar, the entire world bearing witness to this." The article also described that Emwazi was an honorable brother known for his mercy and generosity as he once gave "away a concubine to a brother who was unmarried and injured."
BBC also reported that Dabiq said in their article that Emwazi was killed on November 12 after the car that he was in was targeted via an airstrike by an unmanned drone in the city of Raqqa.
Emwazi was first spotted as the masked man in the August 2014 video showing the killing of U.S. journalist James Foley. He also appeared in the videos showing the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff, the killing of British aid workers David Haines, Alan Henning, Abdul-Rahman Kassig as well as Japanese journalist Kenji Goto.
He was said to be a programming graduate who grew up in London but born in Kuwait. In 2013, he tried to travel to Kuwait but was stopped then his parents reported him missing. Four months after he was reported missing, police officials told his family that he has entered Syria, Telegraph reported.
In the article of Dabiq, IS also claimed that two of the jihadists behind the Paris attacks were Iraqis. They have been identified only as Ukashah al-Iraqi and Ali al-Iraqi. Other details about them have not been released.
