The Prime Minister has confirmed the United States has attempted to take out Jihadi John in Syria but it’s unknown whether he has been killed. In a statement outside Downing Street this morning, David Cameron said:
‘We cannot yet be certain if the strike was successful. But let me be clear. I have always said that we would do whatever was necessary, whatever it took, to track down Emwazi and stop him taking the lives of others. We have been working, with the United States, literally around the clock to track him down. This was a combined effort. And the contribution of both our countries was essential.’
Justifying the mission, Cameron said the U.S. strike was carried out in self-defence:
‘He posed an ongoing and serious threat to innocent civilians not only in Syria, but around the world, and in the United Kingdom too.
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