Unmasked: ISIS executioner 'Jihadi John' has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi from west London As a schoolboy growing up in west London, he enjoyed playing computer games and was a keen martial artist who friends remember as being light-hearted. But today, he is world's most reviled killer, revealed as a bloodthirsty executioner who revels in brutally taking the lives of innocent men in the most barbaric fashion. Mohammed Emwazi was today unmasked as the cowardly killer behind 'Jihadi John', the Islamic State's most notorious figure. Born in Kuwait, Emwazi first moved to Britain at the age of six. The son of a minicab driver, he was reported to have occasionally prayed at a mosque in Greenwich, south-east London.
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Mohammad Emwazi, from London, today unmasked as Jihadi John
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The 26-year-old played computer games and enjoyed martial arts
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He supported Manchester United, and loved S Club 7 and The Simpsons
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Born in Kuwait, but moved to Britain with his family at the age of six
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He was on a terror watch list, but managed to flee to Syria in 2012
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There, he was radicalised and became a leader of the Islamic State
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He is now the world's most wanted killer for his brutal executions
Emwazi also listed his favourite colour as blue, his favourite animal as a monkey, his favourite cartoon as @placeholder and chips as his favourite food.