The drone strike on the Islamic State extremist known as Jihadi John is believed to have targeted him in the centre of the Syrian city of Raqqa, close to the spot where the group have carried out a string of public executions.
UK-based Syrian rights activists in touch with people in the city said Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton born in Kuwait, certainly died in the attack, alongside three people who were with him in a car.
“Four young men were in the car, including a British citizen who was a very senior figure,” Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told the Guardian. “We are 100% certain that he is dead. People have told us that there were a lot of [body] parts.”
Although it remained unclear if any others in the area were hit by the explosion, the strike was in a busy part of the city right beside a traffic intersection known as the clock roundabout. There is also a mosque nearby, a building which has been used as an Islamic court and a public market.
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