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A British man has been identified as the knife-wielding militant who appears in Islamic State (ISIS) videos claiming responsibility for the beheadings of US, British and other hostages, the Guardian reported via the Washington Post on 26 February
The Washington Post and the BBC have both named the man they say is 'Jihadi John'. This is from the Washington Post:
Screengrab from Islamic State video that showed killing of US-Israeli hostage Steven Sotloff.
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The UK security services knew his identity, however, they chose not to disclose his name earlier for operational reasons
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An observant Muslim, Emwazi, however, had a penchant for wearing stylish clothes. The Post describes him as bearded and as careful not to make eye contact with women.
He graduated in 2009 in information technology and is also fluent in Arabic. However, instead of a computing career, Emwazi ended up on MI5's radar, the Guardian reported.
The Washington Post said he was believed to have travelled to Syria around 2012 and later joined Islamic State. However, British police declined to comment on the reports.
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Emwazi, who remained entangled with MI5 and was detained and interrogated multiples times, decided to move to Kuwait, where he landed a job working for a computer company
According to the Guardian, Emwazi is thought to have been incensed by the decision to bar him from Kuwait, the land of his birth, and where he had worked and planned to marry
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