Identified by his gait and the angle of his beard, a drone pilot took 15 seconds to execute the fatal strike that would take down Jihadi John. The new documentary, to be released Monday on Channel 4, shows for the first time the global coordination it took to kill the elusive Jihadi John, whose real name is Mohammed Emwazi. From August 2014 to January 2015, Jihadi John mercilessly executed six people on camera and the videos were widely disseminated online. “Eventually we were convinced that this is Jihadi John. The trail went hot when Emwazi contacted his wife and children in Iraq, sending intelligence services on a year-long hunt.

Source: National Post May 17, 2019 17:48 UTC