The US Military has targetted 'Jihadi John', the Islamic State terrorist seen in videos executing hostages, the Pentagon said. (File Photo)
The US military conducted an air strike in Syria Thursday targeting "Jihadi John," the Islamic State terrorist seen in videos executing hostages, the Pentagon said.
Spokesman Peter Cook did not specify whether Mohammed Emwazi had been killed, saying in a statement that "we are assessing the results of tonight's operation and will provide additional information as and where appropriate."
The Pentagon said the air strike took place in Raqa.
"Emwazi, a British citizen, participated in the videos showing the murders of US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, and a number of other hostages," the Pentagon said.
Emwazi, a London computer programmer, was born in Kuwait to a stateless family of Iraqi origin. His parents moved to Britain in 1993 after their hopes of obtaining Kuwaiti citizenship were quashed.