LONDON: Islamic State’s masked executioner ‘Jihadi John’ has reportedly been killed in a US drone strike in Syria that British Prime Minister David Cameron described as an act of self-defence but refused to confirm the death of the Briton who has appeared in gruesome propaganda videos.
The US that the American military was 99 per cent certain that Mohammed Emwazi had been killed in a drone strike.
Downing Street and UK Ministry of Defence 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 the military action.
Cameron said although it was not yet certain whether the strike had been successful, targeting Mohammed Emwazi was “the right thing to do”. (AGENCIES)
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