Source: “John jihadists” are likely covered missile strike – BBC Russian

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Image caption “jihadists John” appeared in many video executions of hostages

A source in the US military said the BBC BBC that the militant “Islamic state”, known by the nickname “jihadists John” most likely was covered drone missile strike. Killed whether it is still unknown.

A senior US military said the raid near the Syrian city of Raqqa on Friday night, “with a high degree of probability” it was successful, and Mohammed Emvazi, known as the “jihadists John” was in the car, which hit a rocket.

Now the Pentagon is trying to find out whether Emvazi killed. “We commend the results of the operation conducted last night, and will issue further information when it’s appropriate,” – said earlier Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook.

According to US sources, Emvazi “while carefully stalking” . According to the Associated Press news agency, the missile was fired from drone.

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The US secret services intend to monitor the negotiations jihadists in the “shadow” of the Internet to understand killed any “jihadists John”.

The British Kuwaiti origin Mohammed Emvazi previously appeared in several videos from the beheading of Western hostages.

Presumably, Emvazi moved from Britain to Syria in 2013, and there joined the movement “Islamic state”.

In August last year, he appeared in the video killing of US journalist James Foley.

Later, he appeared in several other movies, where they were shown the murder of hostages . All videos Emvazi wore a black robe and a black mask-balaclava.

The arrests and searches in Europe

Meanwhile, during raids in six European countries arrested 13 suspects in the call for volunteers in the ranks of the jihadists in Iraq and Syria.

The raids and arrests on Thursday were held in Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. According to the police, the arrested belong to the Islamic Sunni organization, “Rautio Shax” (“New Way”), which purpose – to establish the power of the new caliphate in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The head of the Group of Special Operations of the Italian Carabinieri, General Giuseppe Governale told reporters in Rome that the defeated organization jihadists was ready to send soldiers to the Middle East, as well as “planned action, including suicide bombings, to secure the release of their leader, Mullah Krekar”.

Kurd Krekar serving in Norway year and a half deadline for the public threats and incitement to commit criminal offenses.

According to the general Governale, members of the organization may have planned the attack on the Norwegian and British diplomats. However, the British and the Norwegian police as these assumptions are not confirmed.