His name is Mohammed Emwazi, aka Abu Muharib al-Muhajir, but you may know him best by his nickname: Jihadi John.
This young man who spent most of his childhood in London, joined ISIS in 2012 and quickly made numerous appearances in beheadings that shocked the world. Most notable was his beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley.
He began his trip to radicalization in 2009 and was detained a couple times by Tanzanian and British authorities before eventually heading to Syria.
Below is the page of the magazine showing his unmasked face and confirming his death:
From CNN:
U.S. officials said in November that they
were reasonably certain the English-speaking voice of the terror group
had been killed in a targeted drone strike in Raqqa, Syria, ISIS’ de
facto capital.
The confirmation in Dabiq was the first
time ISIS addressed the militant’s death. The magazine told the story of
his journey into ISIS in a two-page article and reported that he was
killed instantly by the drone strike.
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