The
chilling masked figure of the fanatical Briton known as Jihadi John
towered over Alan Henning in all too familiar style today as the taxi
driver became the fourth hostage that he seemingly beheads.
British
and US intelligence agents have identified the cold blooded killer and
Islamic State propagandist in chief but his name has not been released
as security investigators monitor those he is known to have been
associated with.
Again
last night the video had been carefully filmed in a bid to confuse
those looking at its every aspect for clues but a picture has emerged of
a monster who enjoys murder, humiliation and torture.
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Chilling: The
masked figure of the fanatical Briton known as Jihadi John towered over
Alan Henning in all too familiar style yesterday today as the taxi
driver became the fourth hostage that he seemingly beheads
Security
experts believe the black-robed killer ranting on the video has a
distinct English accent, rather than another British person dubbing over
the footage and comes from south east London.
The
jihadist wears a black mask, concealing all but his eyes, making it
difficult to be sure the voice on the video belongs to him. But audio
experts have claimed they are ‘99 per cent’ certain the words were
spoken by the man seen on camera.
So
far the Briton has been seen murdering UK aid worker David Haines, and
US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff but they also believe he
has overseen the brutal, callous torture of hostages in his charge.
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One of
500 Britons fighting with IS, he is now one of the most wanted men in
the world with Special Forces hunting his headquarters in the group’s
headquarters of Raqqa, northern Syria.
Jihadi
John is understood to have become radicalised almost overnight and left
Britain more than a year ago, where he quickly became a hardened
fighter.
British
and US signals specialists in Baghdad and the Kurdish city of Irbil
have been working with GCHQ to pinpoint where he is now. Aircraft fitted
with sophisticated equipment, which can eavesdrop on conversations
taking place tens of thousands of feet below, are listening to see if
they can pick up a voice match.
Details: All three previous murder
videos have been broken down piece by piece and studied to provide clues
on where they were filmed. Above, Jihadi John pictured before he
beheaded Steven Sotloff
All three previous murder videos have been broken down piece by piece and studied to provide clues on where they were filmed.
Hostages
freed earlier this year said the killer was one of three UK-born
militants who held captives in Raqqa – who they nicknamed John, Paul and
Ringo after members of The Beatles.
Jihadi
John is said to be the most intelligent of the trio. He has taken
responsibility for communicating with the outside world via negotiations
with the prisoners’ families and beheading videos.
He
also seems to have been in charge of security, reportedly ordering
captives to be moved at least ten times to foil attempts to rescue them.
Paul and Ringo are thought to have been more junior, but together with Jihadi John they carried out the most sadistic beatings.
There
were also French-speaking extremists among the guards, including at
least one Belgian. But the British jihadists were the most feared
because of their gruesome ‘taste for the macabre’, according to a freed
French hostage.
The
violence included beatings, use of Taser guns, and waterboarding – a
form of torture where water is poured over a cloth blocking the nose and
mouth.
They
forced some of the Western prisoners to take part in mock killings – US
journalist Mr Foley was forced to stand in a crucifix pose. The
captives were also mostly kept underground in the dark, often shackled
to one another.
The
first beheading video sent shockwaves across Britain as the killer
spoke with a distinctive London twang and English appears to be his
first language.
A
number of Britons were named as suspects, including a rapper from West
London whose father faces terror charges in the US, a Birmingham student
and a man from Portsmouth but security officials say that Jihadi John
has never been named or identified in public.
Linguistic
experts believe the way he pronounced certain words, such as Iraqi
place names, suggest he has a foreign language background – indicating
his parents or grandparents may have come from the Middle East. He
appears to have a skin tone consistent with African, Middle Eastern or
South Asian descent.
Academics
claim Jihadi John has a multicultural East London accent, a kind of
‘new cockney’. The voice patterns will have been studied in painstaking
detail by security chiefs desperate to glean his identity and match it
with snippets of conversation picked up in Syria.
Threat:The jihadist wears a black
mask, concealing all but his eyes, making it difficult to be sure the
voice on the video belongs to him. At the end of the video released last
night war veteran Peter Kassig is threatened
Aircraft
fitted with sophisticated equipment, which can ‘eavesdrop’ on
conversations taking place tens of thousands of feet below, are
listening to see if they can pick up a voice match – potentially leading
them to the location of the terrorist.
However, his voice in the latest beheading video appears to be distorted, suggesting IS are trying to disguise it.
Experts believe the killer is aged under 30. He is tall and slender, and appears to be left-handed.
Experts believe the killer is behind the final e-mail sent to the family of James Foley.
First appearance: The beheading of
U.S. journalist James Foley, above, on August 19 marked the first in a
string of grisly killings by the Islamic State fighter who has since
become known as Jihadi John
In the
third beheading video his feet are not visible – different from footage
of him murdering the two Americans when he wears modern desert boots.
Ex-captives have described Jihadi John as intelligent, educated and a devout believer in radical Islamic teachings.
He
is thought to be behind a final email sent to James Foley’s family,
dated August 12 – seven days before the journalist was beheaded.
Brutal: Jihadi John is understood to
have become radicalised almost overnight and left Britain more than a
year ago, where he quickly became a hardened fighter. Above, before
executing British hostage David Haines
In
a hate-filled message, the jihadis vowed to kill Mr Foley saying: ‘You
[America] and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings! The
first of which being the blood of the American citizen James Foley! He
will be executed as a direct result of your transgressions towards us!’
Experts
said the language, use of capital letters, poor grammar and spelling
mistakes supported the belief that the email was written by a
working-class militant from Britain.
The
fanatic has raged against Western foreign policy – in particular US air
strikes on IS targets – in rants directed at Barack Obama and David
Cameron in his beheading videos.
Clues: Experts believe the killer,
pictured before heading Steven Sotloff, is aged under 30. He is tall and
slender, and appears to be left-handed. He is now one of the most
wanted men in the world
He
has referred to recent US attacks, such as the targeting of the Mosul
Dam and Haditha Dam in Iraq, to make it clear that the films were shot
shortly before their release.
Jihadi
John also appears to be motivated by a desire to fill IS’s coffers with
ransom money, demanding £80million from Mr Foley’s family. European
governments are believed to have paid millions of euros to free at least
nine hostages held with Mr Haines and the Americans.
The
militant is said to have called for the release of female Pakistani
scientist Aafia Siddiqui, currently held in a US prison, as part of a
deal to free Mr Foley.
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