Man claims Isis killer, 13, is his son

LONDON: A British boy filmed executing a man in an Isis propaganda video has been identified by a man who says he is his father.

The man claims the boy is his 13-year-old son, JoJo, and the boy’s mother is one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, Sally Jones. The man, who has asked not to be named due to safety concerns, says they split shortly after the child was born in Kent in 2004 and Jones converted to Islam shortly afterr

She subsequently married an Isis supporter and the couple went to Syria in 2013, along with JoJo, then aged 10. It is believed her husband died in a drone strike last year.

Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, the man said: “He was brilliant, just a normal boy – always chasing bugs, going down the park. I’ve had to block it out. It’s disgusting; he’s been brainwashed. Sally would send him texts that were disgusting. She would threaten to take JoJo to Islamic rallies and leave him there. He’s an innocent party.”

A friend of the man told the newspaper: “He was a happy boy, loving, caring, sensitive and a pleasure to be around. I’m angry at Sally for taking an innocent child who doesn’t know right or wrong. Children can be easily manipulated.”

The disturbing video shows the young child wearing military fatigues, holding a gun, along with four other young boys. Before them, men in orange jumpsuits, understood to be captured Kurdish fighters, kneel on the ground while the children aim their weapons at the men’s heads. The boy is not named in the video.– The Independent