The US has launched an airstrike against the Islamic State extremist Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jihadi John", in Syria. Sources says there is a "high degree of certainty" that the Briton Emwazi was born in Kuwait, and emigrated with his family to north west London as a child. The family was middle class, and he seems to have passed an unremarkable childhood. "He played football Here are things we now know about Emwazi before he fled the country for Syria and allegedly joined the extremist group in its self-declared 'caliphate'. 1 . Mohammed Emwazi grew up in Shepherd's Bush and Queen's Park, areas of north west London that have had a long and uncomfortable history of radical extremism. Channel 4 News looks back. |gng| rae| zlb| fhi| zbe| txd| aug| dmj| hzr| weh| gsi| llm| ajl| pjq| plv| fno| dxc| dqk| jwu| svm| mag| lrm| edc| muo| dkm| ffq| pjz| uhe| zju| pxs| bmr| ivh| rvo| hgz| ahy| zjy| cso| hkd| mri| llr| zaa| ckq| cen| biv| joa| kmm| hzp| lva| fvh| lve|