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An ISIS executioner dubbed Jihadi John was holding a kebab when he was gunned down by a British-led drone, a mission chief has said.
The ISIS fighter, who was identified by GCHQ analysts as Mohammed Emwazi, was traced to a takeaway by MI6 in 2015.
Intelligence agency bosses waited until a young boy who was with him left the area before ordering the strike in Raqqa, Syria.
The Hellfire missile was nearly aborted when the boy had come back, however he was blocked by vehicles.
A military official said the operation was led by USAF and RAF drone specialists in Qatar, while being supported by agents in Syria.
They explained that they had been following Emwazi for six weeks, determining his pattern of visiting a building near his mosque.
He would then arrive in a four-by-four truck and stay for around three to four minutes, they added.
’The team asked MI6 about the building and it came back that it was a kebab shop,’ they told The Sun.
’One day he walked out of the kebab shop there and the boy ran off to play football. It was our chance,’ they added. ’Emwazi was evaporated, kebab in hand.’
An ISIS executioner, Mohammed Emwazi, also dubbed Jihadi John, was holding a kebab when he was gunned down by a British-led drone, a mission chief has said
World Affairs Correspondent