From Sky News:
An airstrike targeting the British IS militant known as “Jihadi John”, has been carried out in Syria.
Mohammed Emwazi was believed to have been in a vehicle near Raqqa when he was targeted by a US drone.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said it was not clear whether Emwazi had been killed in the strike.
“We are assessing the results of tonight’s operation and will provide additional information as and where appropriate,” he said.
However, a senior US defence official told Fox News: “We are 99% sure we got him. We were on him for some time.”
He was first seen in a video in August 2014 which showed the beheading of US journalist James Foley. He had his face covered.
The extremist appeared in a number of beheading videos, including those in which UK hostages Alan Henning and David Haines were killed.
He also appeared in videos showing the killings of American journalist Steven Sotloff, aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto.
It was only revealed in February 2015 that he had lived in the UK since he was six years old.
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