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‘British butcher of ISIL escapes terrorist ring’

File photo of so-called 'Jihadi John' with his victim kneeling next to him

Mohammed Emwazi, the notorious British terrorist who earned the media title of Jihadi John after slaying journalists and aid workers while with ISIL Takfiris, is said to have joined another militant group in Syria after fleeing ISIL.

Emwazi was reportedly terrified by the publicity when he was identified as the murderer of British and American hostages and fears of being hunted down, the British paper, Daily Mirror quoted its sources as saying.

The report says his unmasking had reduced his value as an ISIL executioner and also that jealous fellow cutthroats might plot against him.

The 26-year-old murderer from London is said to have now joined a less well-known militant group somewhere in Syria to try to hide from the huge manhunt for him across the Middle East.

Emwazi is wanted for the gruesome killings of journalists and aid workers Stephen Sotloff, James Foley, David Haines, Alan Henning and Peter Kassig.

The Mirror source said ISIL killers would drop Emwazi “like a stone or worse if they feel he is no longer of any use to them. So it is possible he will end up suffering the same fate as his victims.”

“Jihadi John” has appeared in several videos by the ISIL Takfiri group since August 2014.

In January 2015, he was shown in another video in which he beheaded Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.

The ISIL terrorist group, with members from several Western countries, controls parts of Syria and Iraq, and has been carrying out horrific acts of violence, such as public decapitations and crucifixions, against all communities including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians.


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