The US armed forces reflect the "reasonable assurance" that the attack an unmanned aircraft of the US Air Force killed Jihad John, a British national and a member of the Islamic State that appears in the video of the executions of hostages of the organization, said Colonel Steven Warren, a spokesman for the Pentagon and the Western Alliance (led by the US) battling the Islamic State.

The US armed forces reflect the "reasonable assurance" that the attack an unmanned aircraft of the US Air Force killed Jihad John, a British national and a member of the Islamic State that appears in the video of the executions of hostages of the organization, said Colonel Steven Warren, a spokesman for the Pentagon and the Western Alliance (led by the US) battling the Islamic State.
At a press conference Warren said Mohammed Emouazi-indeed name of jihad John - believed killed during the raid in the town of Pakala, de facto capital of the organization in northern Syria, but stressed that the army is awaiting final confirmation.
As John said jihad was the "only face high interest" which was targeted in the airstrike in Pakala.
According to the announcement of the Pentagon that was earlier published, "the Emouazi, a British citizen, appeared in a video showing the murder of American journalist Steven Sotlof and James Foley, the humanitarian workers Abdul-Rahman Kasigk, the British humanitarian workers David Haynes and Alan Henning, the Japanese journalist Kenzo Gotha and certain other hostages. "
Mohammed Emouazi, computer programmer from London, was born in Kuwait, a stateless family originally from Iraq. His parents settled in Britain in 1993, after losing all hope to obtain citizenship in Kuwait.