Beheader Jihadi John Pictured Carrying AK-47 Shortly Before He Was Killed By A Drone

Killer: This picture of Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, aka Jihadi John, has been released by the Islamic State

The first unmasked pictures of Jihadi John wearing combat gear and wielding an AK-47 in the Middle East have been published by the Islamic State a week after the terror group confirmed his death.
Images of Mohammed Emwazi showing him armed and bearded in a location believed to be in Syria have been released and shared on social media.

The 27-year-old Londoner was killed on November 12 after US intelligence established where his wife and child were living. He was 'evaporated' by a drone strike as he left the premises in Raqqa.

First pictures: The two images released by ISIS are the first of Jihadi John unmasked in the Middle East

ISIS last week paid tribute to the executioner - once the world's most wanted man - in a bizarre obituary that praised him as an 'honourable brother' and highlighted his 'sincerity, ambition and enthusiasm'.

Emwazi, who was six years old when his family moved to London from Kuwait and grew up in North Kensington,had been known to intelligence services in the UK since at least 2009 and had been on a list of potential terror suspects.

Evaporated: ISIS has paid tribute to the Londoner - once the world's most wanted man - in a bizarre obituary