World & Nation
He is the knife-wielding militant who appeared in a string of macabre beheading videos.
Nov. 13, 2015
The knife-wielding militant who appears in a string of grisly beheading videos, his face concealed by a black balaclava and speaking in British-accented English, has come to personify the brutality of the extremist group Islamic State.
Feb. 26, 2015
The British-educated Muslim man now believed to be the notorious Islamic State killer “Jihadi John” reportedly took anger management classes as a student.
Feb. 28, 2015
British authorities came under pressure Friday to explain how they let the suspected militant who would come to represent the extreme brutality of the group Islamic State slip through their grasp.
Feb. 27, 2015
A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” on Thursday, American officials said.
Nov. 12, 2015
The Islamic State group has acknowledged the death of the masked militant known as “Jihadi John,” who appeared in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, the SITE Intelligence Group reported Tuesday.
Jan. 19, 2016
Sports
The Pittsburgh Pirates organization released a statement Friday expressing disgust after seeing a photo of the man who has been identified as the Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” wearing a baseball cap bearing the team’s “P” logo.
When a man believed to be the notorious militant known as “Jihadi John” traveled this week through the outskirts of Raqqah, the Islamic State stronghold in Syria, U.S. drones were watching.
The masked gunman in the latest Islamic State propaganda video is believed to be a British Muslim who was well-known in radical Islamist circles and appeared on TV debate programs espousing his extremist views.
Jan. 6, 2016