Mohammed Emwazi (born Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri, 17 August 1988) is a Kuwaiti-British man who is thought to be the person seen in several videos produced by the Islamic extremist groupISIL showing the beheadings of a number of captives in 2014 and 2015. A group of his hostages nicknamed him "Jihadi John" since he was part of a four-person terrorist cell withBritish accents whom they called "The Beatles".
Early life[edit]
Emwazi was born Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri[15] on 17 August 1988 in Kuwait[1] to Jassem and Ghaneyah.[14]The family, who were Bedoon of Iraqi origin,[14] moved to the United Kingdom in 1994 when he was six.[16] They settled in inner west London, moving between several properties inMaida Vale,[17] later living in St John's Wood and finally in Queen's Park.[17][18] Emwazi attended St Mary Magdalene Church of England primary school, and later Quintin Kynaston School.[3]
In 2006 he went to the University of Westminster, studying Information Systems withBusiness Management. He secured a lower second-class BSc (Hons) on graduation three years later.[3] At age 21, he worked as a salesman at an IT company in Kuwait and was considered by his boss as the best employee the company ever had.[14]
Nicknames[edit]
Emwazi was given the nickname "John" by a group of his hostages. The hostages said that he was part of a terrorist cell they called "The Beatles", and that he guarded Western hostages while handling communications with their families. The nickname refers to John Lennon of the Beatles, and other members of the cell are known as "George", "Paul", and "Ringo", in reference to the other Beatles. The cell members all had British accents.[19] The nicknames "Jihadi John", "Jailer John" and "John the Beatle" were created by the press.[4]
Ringo Starr expressed his disgust at the use of his former band's name in this context, saying: "It's bullshit. What they are doing out there is against everything the Beatles stood for," saying that the Beatles had stood for peace and opposed violence.[20]
Victims[edit]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadi_John 
