U.S. ‘Pretty Damn Sure’ It Killed Jihadi John, ISIS Beheader of Americans

By Kate Brannen

Mohammed Emwazi, the English-speaking executioner from the gruesome videos showing the murders of U.S. hostages, may have been killed by an American drone in Syria early Friday.

ISIS’s most famous executioner, Mohammed Emwazi—best known as “Jihadi John”—was targeted in a U.S. airstrike in Syria early Friday morning, according to a senior U.S. administration official.

Emwazi was part of "The Beatles," three British ISIS members that held, taunted, and tortured Western prisoners. Emwazi is suspected of carrying out dozens of executions for the so-called Islamic State, including the beheading of American journalist James Foley and other American hostages.

A U.S. defense official told The Daily Beast that the U.S. military followed Emwazi for the better part of a day leading up to the strike, which happened as he left a building. While officials cannot officially say he is dead—and won’t be able to for some time—they are all but certain. 

"We are pretty damn sure he is dead," the defense official said. 

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Source: The Daily Beast