he was hiding behind a mask murdering isis os i can t imagines. he s believed to have been born in kuwait and a british citizen. authorities say they re confident he was killed although they would not confidently confirm that. we go to london to find out more about the man behind the mask. teenage boys goofing around with a basketball, won wearing a backpack shows off some fancy footwork, then someone calls out the name to match the now famous face. mohammed emwazi, confirmed to be jihadi john. in this video, you can see him throw a playful bunch when a bottle is chucked at him. but in front of the camera, he covers his face. emwazi was shy, but not a problem student said his head teacher. who identified him in this video.
authorities had them in their grips a number of times. jim schuto reports. you now have 72 hours. . reporter: he s been the voice of some of isis most brutal terrorist videos, calm, ruthless and with a distinct and surprising british accent. our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. now uk authorities have identified the terrorist known as jihadi john as mohammed emwazi, a 26-year-old british national born in kuwait but raised in london. though u.s. officials would not publicly discuss his suspected identity, the white house said jihadi john is a top terror target. in the mind of the president, he ranks highly on the list because that individual is responsible for the murder of innocent americans. from a welloff family, earning a college degree in technology at the university of westminster. and until his travel to syria in
jihadi john has been targeted in a u.s. military air strike. but we don t know if he s dead or alive. plus more than 40 people killed in suicide bombings in lebanon, a suspect says he was sent by isis. and as we speak, more than 7,000 kurdish soldiers are fighting to retake a key iraqi city from isis control. hello and welcome to our viewers all around the world. i m isha sesay, news room l.a. starts right no uh. now. this is cnn breaking news. the pentagon says they targeted jihadi john in an air strike in syria. he appeared in videos allegedly showing h imbeheading isis hostages. he s a british citizen believed to have been born in kuwait. and the senior u.s. official says authorities are confident emwazi was killed, but the
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pentagon has not yet confirmed his death. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more on this operation. reporter: the pentagon said in a brief late night announcement that it conducted an air strike against jihadi john, the notorious killer of so many hostages seen in those terrible beheading videos. now we know that the families of the american hostages have been notified. the british governmentwas notified. the japanese families obviously are getting word as well. of what has happened. u.s. officials are being very clear. they believe they got him with a drone strike against the vehicle he was in, in raca, syria, isis capital, its self-declared capital. but they are not 100% sure. they are looking for confirmation with no u.s. troops or intelligence personnel on the ground in syria. they will have to look at social media posting, intercepted