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Jihadi John
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mohammed Emwazi, Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri
British terrorist and murderer
Key facts
- Born
- Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri , ( 1988-08-17 ) 17 August 1988 , Al Jahra , Kuwait
- Died
- 12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) (aged 27), Raqqa , Syria
- Cause of death
- Drone strike
- Other names
- "Mohammed Emwazi" , "John the Beatle" , "Jailer John" , Abu Abdullah al-Britani , Abu Muharib al-Yemeni , Mohammed al-Ayan , Muhammad ibn Muazzam , Mohammed Al-Zuhary , Abu Muharib al-Muhajir Jihadi John
- Citizenship
- British
- Education
- University of Westminster ( BSc )
- Known for
- Islamic State beheading incidents
- Allegiance
- Al-Nusra Front (2012–13) , Islamic State (2013–15)
- Service years
- 2012–2015
- Conflicts
- Syrian Civil War US-led intervention in Syria X
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kuwait
- Place of birth
- Al Jahra
- Place of death
- Raqqa
- Occupation
- warrior
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
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- member of
- The Beatles
- date of birth
- 1988-08-17
- date of death
- 2015-11-12
- birth name
- محمد جاسم عبد الكريم عليان الظفيري
- allegiance
- Islamic State
- different from
- John Walker Lindh
- cause of death
- drone warfare
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- name in native language
- محمد اموازي
- pseudonym
- Jihadi John
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
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Encyclopedic overview
Mohammed Emwazi (born Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri; Arabic: محمد جاسم عبد الكريم عليان الظفيري), commonly referred to as Jihadi John (17 August 1988 – 12 November 2015), was a British militant of Kuwaiti origin seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group Islamic State (IS) showing the beheadings of a number of captives in 2014 and 2015 . A group of his hostages nicknamed him "John" since he was part of a four-person terrorist cell with English accents whom they called 'The Beatles'; the press later began calling him "Jihadi John".
On 12 November 2015, US officials reported that he had been hit by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria. His death was confirmed by IS in January 2016.
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