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'Jihadi John' Mulled Suicide in 2010 - Report

© Photo : Video screenshotIslamic State militant known as Jihadi John
Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John - Sputnik International
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The London man believed to be Islamic State executioner "Jihadi John" told a journalist four years ago that surveillance by British security services had left him contemplating suicide, AFP reports.

A masked, black-clad militant, who has been identified by the Washington Post newspaper as a Briton named Mohammed Emwazi, brandishes a knife in this still image from a 2014 video obtained from SITE Intel Group February 26, 2015. - Sputnik International
US Government Insist Jihadi John's Identity Still Being Investigated
Mohammed Emwazi, named by media and experts as the militant who allegedly beheaded at least five Western hostages held by the Islamic State group, told the Mail on Sunday reporter that he felt like a "dead man walking".

A British civil rights group that was in contact with Emwazi claims that domestic spy agency MI5 had been tracking him since at least 2009, and blamed his radicalization on their "harassment".

Emwazi was born in Kuwait but moved to London as a child and attended school and university in the British capital.

It was also reported that Emwazi had contacts with the men responsible for failed attacks on London's public transport system in 2005, two weeks after suicide bombings killed 52 people in the capital.

The revelations add to pressure on the security and intelligence agencies to explain why they did not act on their suspicions about Emwazi before he travelled to Syria.

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