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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week

7 March 2015

9:00 AM

7 March 2015

9:00 AM

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The man seen in several Islamic State videos of hostages being beheaded, nicknamed Jihadi John by the British press, was revealed as Mohammed Emwazi, aged 26, born in Kuwait but raised from the age of six in London. He was said to have had help with anger management at his secondary school, Quintin Kynaston Academy in St John’s Wood.

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