Western hostages. Hes believed to be an associate of a former control order suspect. He traveleded to somalia in 2006 and is allegedly linked to an al shabaab association. He first appeared on a video put out by Islamic State in august of last year when he apparently beheaded american journalist james foley, and has appeared in numerous other gruesome videos since. Well joining me here in the studio now is our special correspondent, lucy manning, for more on this. Just describe how important an announcement this is. Who is jihadi john . Jihadi john has become the figurehead of all of these barbaric video that the socalled Islamic State have been putting out, showing numerous beheading of hostages. And his name has been known for some time by british and American Police and authorities, but for operational reasons, hasnt been disclosed. But the bbc understands that he is Mohammad Emwazi. The metropolitan police have said theyre not going to confirm the identity of anyone at this stage o
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