British-born terrorist “Jihadi John” was killed in a drone strike in Syria, U.S. officials said.
The airstrike targeted Mohammed Emwazi, who had appeared in eight beheading videos from terror group ISIS.
U.S. officials said they’re “99 percent certain” that John was killed in the strike, while U.K.sources told the Guardian that there is a “high degree of certainty” that the killer was dead.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called the strike “an act of self-defense” that struck at the heart of ISIS.
“It was the right thing to do,” he added.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron makes a statement about the death of Islamic State militant Mohammed Emwazi, known as "Jihadi John", at Downing Street in London, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
