A eulogy for the member of the militant group – who was identified as Mohammed Emwazi – has been released.
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The militant went on to appear in numerous other videos, including those which showed the execution of British aid workers Alan Henning and David Haines, American journalist Steven Sotloff and USA aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
As the masked face of ISIS, Emwazi was featured in a series of hostage videos, dressed head-to-toe in black, revealing only his eyes and voice and used to carry a knife.
The publication also claims that Emwazi was known for his “mercy, kindness, and generosity towards the believers, his protective jealousy for Islam and its people, and his affection towards the orphans”. He had been described by a former hostage as a psychopath who enjoyed threatening his western captives.
Islamic State Tuesday acknowledged the death of the brutal terrorist nicknamed Jihadi John, known for beheading Western hostages. Emwazi’s father said his son was a devout Muslim and last spoke with his family in 2013, when he said he was going to Turkey to join a charity in Syria. He completed computing degree at the University of Westminster in 2009. The 27-year-old, who was born in Kuwait but grew up in west London, is eulogised in its online magazine Dabiq, although he does not merit a mention until the 22nd page.
Separately an article in Dabiq said that two of the jihadis behind the Paris attacks on 13 November were Iraqi.
In the article the magazine referred to him as Abū Muhārib al-Muhājir. It said he arrived in Syria in the latter part of 2012, and was later wounded while fighting with Islamic State forces in Syria.
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Emwazi was not thought to be a major tactical figure within the ranks of IS but his consistent appearance in their bloody videos meant he had a high propaganda value for the extremists.
